Agenda item

A report of the Head of Strategic Support to assist the Board in determining the Scrutiny Work Programme.

Considered a report of the Head of Strategic Support to enable the Board to agree the Scrutiny Work Programme, including considering requests from other scrutiny bodies and updates on the delivery of the Work Programme, identify Key Decisions on which scrutiny could be undertaken, to consider whether scrutiny of any procurement activity should be programmed, and setting out Cabinet’s response to the recommendation made by the Board at its last meeting (Budget Scrutiny Panel) (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

The Chief Executive assisted with consideration of the report.  In response to a question, he stated that it was not yet certain that the exempt Cabinet report “Revenues and Benefits Future Service Delivery Options” would be considered by Cabinet on 11th April 2019, but that members of the Board could be kept informed of the position in that respect, if they so wished.

RESOLVED

1.         that scrutiny of the new service model replacing the Troubled Families Programme (Supporting Leicestershire Families) be included on the work programme of the appropriate scrutiny committee (under the new scrutiny committee structure effective from the start of the 2019/20 council year);

2.      that it be noted that the exempt Cabinet report “Revenues and Benefits Future Service Delivery Options” was not available for scrutiny at this meeting as the item has been rescheduled from the Cabinet’s meeting on 14th March 2019 to its following meeting on 11th April 2019;

3.      that the Cabinet’s response to the recommendation made by the Board at its meeting on 23rd January 2019 (Budget Scrutiny Panel), as detailed on the fourth page of the report, be noted;

4.      that forthcoming Executive Key Decisions and decisions to be taken in private by the Executive, set out in Appendix 1 to the report, and scheduled scrutiny of those matters, be noted;

5.      that the Annual Procurement Plan, set out in Appendix 2 to the report, be noted;

6.      that the Scrutiny Work Programme, set out in Appendix 3 to the report, be noted and updated in accordance with the decisions taken above and at this meeting.

Reasons

1.      To agree a recommendation made by the Performance Scrutiny Panel at its meeting on 19th February 2019 (Minute 54.1).  The Panel had wished to highlight the importance of continued scrutiny of this service, particularly as partner contributions would cease after this council year to the Troubled Families Programme, and that the replacement Children and Family Wellbeing Service, which would become operational in April 2019, would benefit from review.

2.      To ensure that the Board was informed of the position in respect of this matter.

3.      To ensure that the Board was informed of the outcome of its recommendation.

4.      To ensure timely and effective scrutiny.

5.      The Board had decided to consider the Annual Procurement Plan and Quarterly Updates (submitted to Cabinet) to ensure that timely and effective scrutiny of any procurement activity was programmed or to ensure that the Cabinet was informed of any views of the Board on procurement matters.

6.      To ensure that the information contained within the Work Programme was up to date.