Agenda

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 9th April, 2025 9.30 am

Venue: Council Chamber - Council Offices

Contact: Democratic Services  Email: democraticservices@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

To Receive Apologies for Absence

2.

Substitutes

To be notified at the meeting of any substitutions.

3.

Public Questions & Statements

To receive questions / statements from the public, if any.

4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 258 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 12th March 2025

5.

Items of Urgent Business

To determine any other items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

6.

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 721 KB

Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The Code of Conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

7.

Petitions From Members of the Public

To consider any petitions received from members of the public.

8.

Consideration of Any Matter Referred to the Committee by a Member

To consider any requests made by non-executive Members of the Council, submitted to the Democratic Services Manager with seven clear working days’ notice, to include an item on the agenda of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

9.

Responses of the Council or the Cabinet to the Committee's Reports or Recommendations pdf icon PDF 109 KB

To consider any responses of the Council or the Cabinet to the Committee’s reports or recommendations.

 

An extract from the Cabinet minutes of 3rd March is attached setting out Cabinet’s response to recommendations from the Overview & Scrutiny Committee.

10.

Reports for Consideration

10a

UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund Review and UK Shared Prosperity Fund Transition Year 2025-26 pdf icon PDF 583 KB

Recommendation: that the Committee considers the evaluation report and makes any observations on the delivery of the programme and its outputs/outcomes to Cabinet.

Additional documents:

10b

Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care Board Consultation on changes to the out of hours GP Service, Norwich Walk-In Centre and Vulnerable Adults Service pdf icon PDF 136 KB

Recommendation: The Overview and Scrutiny Committee is invited to discuss and comment on the proposals outlined in the Norfolk and Waveney ICB public consultation documents, with the Committee’s views forming the Council’s corporate response to the consultation.

 

Additional documents:

Work Programmes

11.

The Cabinet Work Programme pdf icon PDF 319 KB

To note the upcoming Cabinet Work Programme.

Please note that the work programme is subject to change and the latest version can be viewed here: Home | Cabinet work programme

12.

Overview & Scrutiny Work Programme and Update

To receive an update from the Scrutiny Officer on progress made with topics on its agreed work programme, training updates, Action Tracker and to receive any further information which Members may have requested at a previous meeting.

 

To consider feedback from the Self-Assessment Question Set.

13.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To pass the following resolution, if necessary:

 

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph _ of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.”