Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 21st January, 2027 7.00 pm
13 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files
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Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 12th November, 2026 7.00 pm
13 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 24th September, 2026 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board of Havering Council was scheduled to consider a range of important topics, including the council's contracts register, the disaggregation of ICT services, and the potential use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The board was...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 18 August 2026 - 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board of Havering Council was scheduled to meet on Tuesday 18 August 2026 to discuss a call-in regarding the purchase of an education management system and to review the council's scrutiny protocols and work programme. The meetin...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 16 July 2026 - 7.00 pm
0 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 25th March, 2026 7.00 pm
The Overview and Scrutiny Board met to consider a call-in of a recent Cabinet decision regarding a "Build to Rent" scheme at the Local Housing Allowance. After discussion, the Board voted on whether to uphold the requisition. The vote was tied at five membe...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 17th March, 2026 7.00 pm
The Overview and Scrutiny Board met on Tuesday 17 March 2026 to discuss corporate HR metrics, including sickness absence and the use of agency workers, as well as the council's commercial strategy and the effectiveness of the board's own work. Key decisions...
Budget Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 4th February, 2026 6.30 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board of Havering Council met on Wednesday 4 February 2026 to discuss significant financial matters, including ombudsman complaints, contracts procedure rules, and the council's budget for 2026/27. The board reviewed draft budget...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 8th January, 2026 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board voted to uphold a requisition against a Cabinet decision regarding the future of former library premises. This means the Cabinet's original decision will be reconsidered, with the Board's views and recommendations to be inc...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 9th October, 2025 7.00 pm
The Overview and Scrutiny Board met on Thursday 09 October 2025 to discuss progress on budget savings, corporate HR metrics, and the council's improvement and transformation plan. Key discussions included noting the progress on achieving £10.254 million in ...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 3rd July, 2025 7.00 pm
The Overview and Scrutiny Board met to discuss the council's savings progress, HR metrics, customer service strategy, and annual report. Councillors expressed concerns about savings targets, agency worker usage, sickness absence, and the need for improved c...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 16th April, 2025 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board of Havering Council met on 16 April 2025 to discuss the Havering Volunteer Centre (HVC) and review the Board's work programme. The Board made several recommendations regarding the HVC's funding and operational future, and a...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 13th February, 2025 7.00 pm
14 attendees · 7 documents · 2 media files
Council Tax Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 29th January, 2025 7.00 pm
17 attendees · 12 documents · 1 media file
Extraordinary Meeting, Overview & Scrutiny Board - Wednesday, 8th January, 2025 7.00 pm
The Overview & Scrutiny Board was scheduled to consider a call-in of a Cabinet decision regarding the conversion of Chesham House into residential accommodation for homeless families. The board was also scheduled to review the response to the grounds fo...
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Thursday, 12th December, 2024 7.00 pm
15 attendees · 8 documents · 0 media files
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 22nd October, 2024 7.00 pm
14 attendees · 7 documents · 2 media files
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 30th July, 2024 7.00 pm
13 attendees · 8 documents · 0 media files
SPECIAL MEETING, Overview & Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 23rd July, 2024 7.00 pm
13 attendees · 8 documents · 1 media file
Overview & Scrutiny Board - Tuesday, 7th May, 2024 7.00 pm
17 attendees · 11 documents · 1 media file
About
The Overview and Scrutiny Board monitors the effectiveness of scrutiny within the council and coordinates the work of sub-committees to avoid duplication and focus on priority areas. It scrutinises the council's general management, performance information, and budget, and handles any 'call-ins' of executive decisions made by councillors.
The Board's focus is strategic and policy-oriented, and it does not consider individual complaints. It examines areas such as strategy and commissioning, partnerships, customer access, finance, human resources, and social inclusion. Residents can suggest matters for the Board to examine.
