Scrutiny news

The Chair’s for the various scrutiny panels for 2023/24 are as follows:

  • Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) – Councillor Blackman
  • Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Councillor Payne
  • Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Councillor Barnes-Andrews
  • Scrutiny Inquiry Panel – Councillor Windle

Scrutiny meetings are taking place in the Civic Centre. A number of meetings continue to be live streamed by the council, details of how to access the live stream will be provided on the agenda page for the meeting. This will be available in advance of the meeting.

We continue to welcome and encourage residents and stakeholders to engage in the scrutiny process. If you have a question related to a specific item on a scrutiny meeting agenda that you would like to raise, please, in the first instance, email your question to democratic.services@southampton.gov.uk.

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) – Chair Councillor Blackman

The next meeting of the Committee will be on 14 March 2024, commencing at 5:30pm in Conference Room 3.

The agenda is as follows:

  • Household Waste Collection Services
  • Solent Local Enterprise Partnership Integration into the Solent Unitary Authorities
  • Asset Development and Disposal Programme (ADDP)

Papers for the meeting have been published.

Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Chair Councillor Barnes-Andrews

The next meeting of the CFSP will take place on 21 March 2024, commencing at 5:30pm. The agenda includes the following items:

  • Youth Justice Services
  • Children’s Services & Learning (CSL) performance

Papers for the meeting will be published on 13 March 2024.

Scrutiny Inquiry Panel: How do we get a better deal for private sector renters in Southampton? – Chair Councillor Windle

The final meeting of the Inquiry Panel will be on 18 April 2024. At the meeting the Panel will consider the draft final report.

The meeting will be in Conference Room 3 at the Civic Centre. Papers for the meeting will be published on 10 April 2024.

Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Chair Councillor Payne

The next scheduled meeting of the Panel is on 25 April 2024, commencing at 6:00pm. The provisional agenda is as follows:

  • ASC performance and transformation
  • Hospital discharge – Progress update

Meeting papers will be published on 17 April 2024.

Document Type Size
Annual report 2022-23pdf1.7 MB
Scrutiny Handbookpdf313.2 KB
Scrutiny calendar 2023-24pdf90.0 KB