August 18, 2010, 14:59
The Corporate Parenting Task & Finish Group (set up by the Child & Family Servicse Overview & Scrutiny Board) met yesterday . The group discussed the results of the corporate parenting surevy that was sent to all councillors, it looked at how other local authority scrutiny boards have delved into the subject of corporate parenting & it looked at practical examples gleaned from elsewhere of [...]
July 5, 2010, 12:32
Earlier today the Performance & Finance Overview & Scrutiny Board met to discuss their work plan. To set the context Jack Straw, the Council’s Executive Director, explained the range of issues facing the Resources Department and provided a presentation on the Council’s budget situation which covered a number of issues. The Council’s very difficult budget situation will [...]
June 2, 2010, 15:49
We have run a couple of surveys recently to get an idea of what topics people thought should be looked at by the overview and scrutiny boards. The first survey was through Swansea Voices – the Council’s citizen’s panel. We had 85 suggestions back from this. The second survey was an internal survey of staff and councillors and we [...]