- Overview and Scrutiny Committees
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- Overview and Scrutiny Online Forms
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- Contact Details
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- Environment and Transport/Finance and Corporate
Services/Health and Adult Social Care and General Scrutiny Enquiries
- 020 8294 6154
- Children's Services, Schools, Adult Education and Youth Services/Community
Affairs/Leisure, Arts and Tourism/Regeneration and Housing
- 020 8294 6999
- scrutiny@ bexley.gov.uk
- Useful Links
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Overview and Scrutiny Committees
Overview and Scrutiny Committees maintain an overview of the work of the Council's
decision-takers - in effect, they keep a watching brief on the members
of Bexley's Cabinet. There are 7 Overview and Scrutiny Committees:
Community Affairs
The duties and responsibilities of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the area of community affairs policies and services and in particular, oversight of the following:
- Community Strategy & Participation
- Community Centres
- Community Forums
- Community Safety
- Community Cohesion
- The relevant plans and strategies listed in the Policy Framework i.e.
- Community Strategy
- Community Safety
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Finance and Corporate Services
The duties and responsibilities of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the area of finance, corporate policies and services and in particular, oversight of the following:
- Corporate Financial Planning
- Corporate Governance
- Information Communications and Technology
- Public access strategies, information and e-government (including libraries)
- Emergency Planning
- The Local Strategic Partnership
- Comprehensive Performance Assessment
- Public Service Agreements
- Corporate Contracts
- Licensing (non-regulatory)
- Corporate risk management and cross-cutting responsibility for fixed assets, including the receipt of quarterly reports, recommending appropriate action and submitting an annual report to the Council
- The relevant plans and strategies listed in the Policy Framework, i.e:
- Annual Budget (and Council Tax Setting)
- Corporate Policy and Resource Plan
- Capital Programme
- Annual Borrowing Limits/Treasury Management Strategy
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Best Value Performance Plan
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Information & Communication Technology Strategy
- Organisational Development and personnel Policy Framework
- Procurement Strategy
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Children's Services, Schools, Adult
Education and Youth Services
The duties and responsibilities of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the area of children’s services, schools, adult education and youth services policies and services and in particular, oversight of the following:
- Early Years and Sure Start
- Children’s Services
- Lifelong Learning
School Standards
- Special Education Needs
- Connexions
- Youth Services
- The relevant plans and strategies listed in the Policy Framework, i.e:
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Admission arrangements for maintained schools
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School Organisation Plan
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Education Asset Management Plan
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Adult & Community Learning Plan
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Children and Young People’s Plan
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Youth Justice Plan
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Environment and Transport
The duties and responsibilities of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the area of environment and transport policies and services and in particular, oversight of the following:
- Land and environmental management (including LA21)
- Environmental health and trading standards
- Waste management and recycling
- Parks, Open Spaces, Allotments, Trees & Woodlands and Cemeteries
- Transport, highways, engineering traffic, parking and road safety
- The relevant plans and strategies listed in the Policy Framework, i.e.
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Food Law Enforcement Service Plan
- Local Agenda 21 Strategy
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Waste Minimisation and Recycling Plan
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Home Energy Conservation Act
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Local (Transport) Implementation Plan
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Regeneration and Housing
The duties and responsibilities of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the area of Regeneration and Housing policies and services and in particular, oversight of the following:
- Partnerships and Regeneration
- Borough-wide development plans and strategies, regional planning (including regional housing strategies)
- Land and property acquisition and disposal
- Neighbourhood Renewal
- Economic and employment development
- Local Development Framework
- Strategic housing policy
- Housing provision
- The relevant plans and strategies listed in the Policy Framework, i.e:
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Unitary Development Plan
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Regeneration Strategy
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Land and Property Framework
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Leisure, Arts and Tourism
The duties and responsibilities of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the area of leisure, arts and tourism policies and services and in particular, oversight of the following:
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Libraries
- Sports and leisure
- Tourism
- Events
- Any relevant plans and strategies listed in the Policy Framework
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Health and Adult Social Care
The duties and responsibilities of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the area of health and well-being and adult social care and in particular, oversight of the following:
- Health improvement
- Health inequalities
- The planning, provision and operation of health services
- Joint planning with the Health Trusts
- Residential, day and community care
- Adult social services
- Voluntary sector
- The relevant plans and strategies listed in the Policy Framework, i.e:
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Social Services Modernisation Plans
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Community Care Plan
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