What is Overview and Scrutiny?

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee is the Committee of Redditch Borough Council responsible for holding the decision-making bodies to account - the Executive Committee but also other bodies where applicable.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee can review Council’s performance and contribute to development of Council’s policies, undertake external scrutiny of other local public-sector organisations and partnerships, and in general look at issues identified as being of interest or importance to the local community.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee has power to make recommendations to decision-making bodies of the Council.

The Committee can set up smaller Task Groups to investigate specific topics in more detail. These groups only run for the period of the review and report their findings (and recommendations, if applicable), back to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Overview and Scrutiny can then choose to submit recommendations.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee has two working groups – Budget Scrutiny Working Group and Performance Scrutiny Working Group. These smaller groups of councillors scrutinise issues relating to Council’s Budget and Performance respectively, and members of these groups report back regularly to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (including when these groups identify recommendations to decision-making bodies, in which case these are considered for endorsement by Overview and Scrutiny).

The Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Panel is a sub-committee of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, which reviews the work of the North Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership. More information on the sub-committee is available on here. 

Information on the meetings of Overview and Scrutiny Committee are available here.