The Scrutiny Officer presented the Committee with the Forward Work Programme (FWP) in Appendix A for discussion and consideration, requested any specific information the Committee identified to be included in the items for the next two meetings, including invitees they wished to attend, requested the Committee to identify any further items for consideration on the FWP having regard to the selection criteria in paragraph 4.3 and presented the FWPs for the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committees 1, 2 and 3 as Appendices B, C and D for coordination and oversight of the overall FWP.

She also advised that the Recommendations Monitoring Action Sheet was attached as Appendix E to track responses to the Committee’s recommendations made at previous meetings and the Recommendations Monitoring Action Sheets for each Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee were also attached as Appendices F, G and H.

The Head of Democratic Services reference the large number of reports scheduled for the following meeting on 31 January 2023 but highlighted that all provided Members with context for the setting of this year’s budget and that for future years.

The Committee expressed concerns regarding the length of the Committee meetings and discussed the number of statutory reports to be considered and that meetings would sometimes, inevitably, be longer to accommodate these.   

Having considered the Forward Work Programme Update, the Committee requested the Digital Strategy be added to the FWP. 

The Committee discussed the forthcoming report on Disabled Facilities Grants and requested that representatives of Bridgend Care and Repair and some of the contractors be invited to attend for the scrutiny of the report.

There were no further items identified for consideration on the Forward Work Programme having regard to the selection criteria in paragraph 4.3, and this could be revisited at the next meeting.

There were no requests to include specific information in the items for the next meeting.

RESOLVED:               That the Committee considered and approved its Forward Work Programme in Appendix A, subject to the above additions and requests, noted the Forward Work Programmes for the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committees following consideration in their latest respective Committee Meetings in Appendix B, C and D, and noted the Recommendations Monitoring Action Sheets to track responses to the Committees’ recommendations made at previous meetings in Appendices E, F, G and H.