Governance and Resources Scrutiny Commission
The Commission's remit is largely internal, focusing on services such as finance, ICT, human resources, and legal services. Evidence is often sought from other boroughs to help us examine how effectively the Council is run, and ensure that the public is getting value for money from services.
You can view the Commission's full work programme for the year on the agenda for each meeting of the Commission.
Commission Details: membership, meetings, and contacts
Current Review - Fees and Charges
The Commission is is looking at the Council's rationale for setting and amending the fees and charges that it has control over and what approaches other councils take to this issue.
Find out more about our scrutiny review of fees and charges.
Previous reviews by this Commission
- Debt and Debt Collection 09/10 (PDF, 153KB)
- Mayoral Model Review 09/10 (PDF, 365KB)
- HR Recruitment and Retention Report 08/09 (PDF, 330KB)
- Team Hackney 07/08 (PDF, 200KB)
- ICT Review 06/07 (PDF, 948KB)
- Procurement Review 06/07 (PDF, 688KB)
- Commercial Property Disposal Report 05/06 (PDF, 421KB)
One-off items (in 2011/12)
The Commission also devotes a substantial amount of time each year to scrutinising the budget process. This includes examining savings proposals that come forward, monitoring financial forecasts, and holding the council to account for delivering its budget and savings as agreed.
Some recent examples include:
- Scrutiny of budget savings proposals for 2011/12 - in both September and November 2011
- Questioning of how agreed savings are being delivered - generally in June 2011 and specifically in July 2011.
- Monitoring the Council's Medium-Term Planning Forecast and Overall Financial Position ona regular basis
Page updated: 22 Dec 2011
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