A GUIDE TO OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OF COUNTY COUNCIL FUNCTIONS IN LEICESTERSHIRE

INDEX

1.	Introduction.
2.	What is Overview and Scrutiny?
3.	What Overview and Scrutiny is not.
4.	Overview and Scrutiny in Leicestershire. (word doc 32KB)
5.	What Overview and Scrutiny does:
	a) Holding the Executive to account.
	b) Commenting on Key Plans and Policies.
	c) Scrutiny of the Medium Term Financial Plan ('Budget').
6.	Undertaking Overview and Scrutiny.
	a) Sources of Information.
	b) Planning Overview and Scrutiny Meetings.
	c) Inviting Witnesses
	d) Conducting Meetings.
	e) Outcomes from Overview and Scrutiny Meetings.
	f) Publicising Overview and Scrutiny
	g) Scrutiny Review Panels.

A.	Checklist for challenging the contents of plans.
B.	Protocol on exchange of information between the Executive and Overview and Scrutiny.
C.	Job Descriptions for Scrutiny Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners; Overview and Scrutiny Chairmen and Deputy Chairman.
D.	Protocol for inviting witnesses to attend committee meetings.
E.	Checklist for challenging the contents of reports.
F.	Media Relations – Scrutiny Protocol.
G.	Scrutiny Review Panels.
H.	Putting it into Practice: The Questioning Technique (CfPS Guide).-PDF Format

further information
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Last Updated: 13 October 2009