Agenda item

8.1

The Committee received a report of the Policy and Improvement Officer which presented the draft Work Programmes of the Scrutiny and Policy Development Committees for 2016/17.

8.2

The Chair of the Children, Young People and Family Support Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee (Councillor Ian Saunders) reported that, in addition to the meeting dates identified in the Committee’s work programme, a special meeting was to be held on Wednesday 3^rd August 2016 to consider the call-in of the decision of the Cabinet relating to primary school places in Ecclesall.

8.3

The Chair of this Committee (Councillor Tony Damms) referred to the capacity available to support scrutiny task and finish groups in 2016/17.  He emphasised that no more than two groups could operate at the same time and, therefore, co-ordination of planning and scheduling would be required and the timescales for conducting the work adhered to, in the interests of ensuring fairness across the Scrutiny Committees.  He added that the Safer and Stronger Communities Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee, at its meeting held on 21st July 2016 had agreed to establish a task group to look at hate crime and this group would meet over a period of two/three months starting in September.  He added that he was aware that both the Healthier Communities and Adult Social Care and the Economic and Environmental Wellbeing Scrutiny and Policy Development Committees were considering setting up task and finish groups.

8.4

RESOLVED: That the Committee notes the draft Work Programmes of the Scrutiny and Policy Development Committees for 2016/17, and the position in relation to the conduct of task and finish groups.