Adults Select Committee Meeting Date Subject Purpose of Scrutiny Responsibility Type of Scrutiny 11th September 2018 Care Closer to Home Presentation on progress on South Monmouthshire Care Closer to Home work and it's alignment to Monmouthshire Integrated Services. Julie Boothroyd Service Development Dementia Support (TBC) Discussion on service provision in the county for supporting dementia. Phil Diamond Service Development Budget Monitoring Scrutiny of the Budget Monitoring Outturn Report for the Adult Services Directorate. Mark Howcroft Budget Monitoring Rural Allocations Policy Pre-decision scrutiny of the policy. Shirley Wiggam Pre-decision Scrutiny 23rd October 2018 My Mates Initiative (TBC) An update on the My Mates programme. Julie Boothroyd Performance Monitoring Universal Credit (TBC) A report on the impact of the rollout of Universal Credit. Ian Bakewell Performance Monitoring Social Housing Grant Report (TBC) Scrutiny of the grant spend for Social Housing Grant monies. Shirley Wiggam Performance Monitoring Special Select Committee Meeting November/December 2018 ~ Date TBC Budget Scrutiny Pre-decision Scrutiny of the draft budget proposals for 2019-20. Mark Howcroft Peter Davies Budget Scrutiny Future Agreed Work Programme Items: Dates to be determined Crick Road Care Development ~ Final Business Case
6th September 2018 Education Achievement Service ~ briefing Briefing on changes to accountability and curriculum reform. Education Achievement Service (EAS) Performance Monitoring Supporting People Service Review 2018-19 Usual reporting focusses on funding for the next financial year, however, this year we are delivering a status quo funding budget in line with Welsh Government’s intention to maintain Supporting People budgets for the forthcoming year. A service review in 2018/19 will lead to the utilisation of the flexible funding options recently announced by Welsh Government. Robinson Performance Monitoring Budget Monitoring Scrutiny of the Budget Monitoring Outturn Report for the Children and Young People’s Directorate. Mark Howcroft Budget Monitoring 18th October 2018 Support for Refugee Children (Invite to Strong Communities Members) Presentation: An evaluation of the support and provided by schools for refugee children. King Henry Comprehensive, Deri View Primary and Gwent Ethnic Minority Service invited. Will Mclean Performance Monitoring Wales Audit Office Safeguarding Report Presentation of the recent inspection report and scrutiny of the proposals to meet the report’s recommendations. Julie Boothroyd Wales Audit Office Richard Jones Performance Monitoring
Project 5 (possibly need to be on 18th October) Scrutiny of proposals for PROJECT 5 – a resource hub to provide therapeutic fostering for children and young people with complex needs. Jane Rodgers Policy Development 29th November 2018 South East Wales Adoption Service Report on performance 17/18 and briefing on regional financial policy. Susan Radford, Blaenau Gwent CBC Performance Monitoring Play Action Plan and Play Sufficiency Assessment Progress on delivery of the current plan (including the summer play schemes etc.) and proposals for the new Play Action Plan and Play Sufficiency Assessment for completion by March 2019. Matthew Lewis Pre-decision Scrutiny Special Select Committee Meeting November/December 2018 ~ Date TBC Budget Scrutiny Pre-decision Scrutiny of the draft budget proposals for 2019-20. Mark Howcroft Peter Davies Budget Scrutiny Future Agreed Work Programme Items: Dates to be determined 2nd Phase Family Support Review School Placement Capacity ~ numbers in the of the county considering the new housing developments planned. Nursery provision – the plans for welsh government to give 30 hours free childcare for nursery age – report back when the remit of delivery has been finalised by Welsh Government. Verbal update report on Free School Meal assessment (via the Benefits Team). Additional Learning Needs – Review and provision/ALN Bill/Readiness and training
7th September 2018 Joint meeting of Economy and Development & Adults Select Committees Housing and Planning for the next Local Development Plan (Invite Planning Committee Members also) To discuss a Welsh Government call for evidence on the delivery of affordable housing. Mark Hand Consultation Discussion on supporting housing sites that are not allocated in our current LDP, the lack of a 5 year land supply for housing and the growth pressures in the south of the county. Mark Hand Policy Development 27th September 2018 Broadband Government to attend to update on the Superfast Cymru 2 broadband procurement and future plans. Cath Fallon Bob Greenland Performance Monitoring Alternative Delivery Model To scrutinise the Performance and Evaluation Framework for the ADM. Tracey Thomas Ian Saunders Marie Bartlett Cath Fallon Performance monitoring/policy development Budget Monitoring Scrutiny of the Budget Monitoring Outturn Report for the Children and Young People’s Directorate. Mark Howcroft Budget Monitoring Special Select Committee October 2018 (TBC, but possibly 18th or 26th) Performance of the Planning function (Invite Planning Committee Members) Scrutiny of the following: Local Development Plan Annual Monitoring Report Annual Performance Report Mark Hand Phil Thomas Rachel Lewis Performance Monitoring
Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking ~ topic raised by the chair for in-depth scrutiny. Cremations and Burials Emerging issues/topics to be raised with the committee before inclusion ~ some reports to be received by email for comment rather than in-depth scrutiny. Public Service Board Select Committee Meeting Date Subject Purpose of Scrutiny Responsibility Type of Scrutiny 22nd January 2018 Draft Public Service Board Well-Being plan Opportunity to scrutinise the draft before adoption Matthew Gatehouse Sharran Lloyd Pre-decision Scrutiny Discussion with Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe The Commissioner’s vision for the act and what it can achieve The Commissioner’s priorities The role of PSB Scrutiny and the Commissioner’s expectations Hazel Clatworthy Performance Discussion Presentation on engagement and measuring well-being at a community level Understanding community well-being and how it is measured. Abi Barton Rhian Cook Presentation 21st March 2018 Deferred. 4th July 2018 Regional work An update about work happening at a regional level to build on wellbeing assessments and inform plans. Matthew Gatehouse Sharran Lloyd Performance Update