Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

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Overview and Scrutiny

Overview & Scrutiny Panels

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The Council has established four Overview & Scrutiny Panels:

A Better Staffordshire Moorlands Overview & Scrutiny Panel
Community Overview & Scrutiny Panel
Health Scrutiny Panel
Services Overview & Scrutiny Panel
Member Improvement Board

The function of these Overview & Scrutiny Panels is to review and scrutinise both prospective and past decisions of the Cabinet and Council.

A Member Improvement Board has been established to provide a more co-ordinated approach to the two work areas of Overview and Scrutiny and Cabinet.

Reviews into particular issues.  Working Groups are established to carry out the work of a Review and comprise of Members, Officers and any relevant external witnesses and partner organisations.


Useful Scrutiny Website Links:

Audit Commission
Centre for Public Scrutiny
Central Government
INLOGOV (Institute of Local Government Studies)
LGA (Local Government Association)
IDEA (Improvement and Development Agency)
West Midlands Scrutiny Network


How to become involved in the Overview & Scrutiny process.

Further information

Meetings and Minutes

Agenda and minutes for meetings.

Overview & Scrutiny Annual Report 2008/09

This is the 2008/09 Overview & Scrutiny Annual Report.

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