Waltham Forest Committees

Scrutiny Coordinating Committee

Scrutiny

Recent meetings

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24 Mar 2026

7:00 pm

Scrutiny Coordinating Committee - Tuesday, 24 March 2026 - 7.00 pm

The Scrutiny Coordinating Committee was scheduled to discuss updates on resident experience and digital services, the progress of the Communities and Participation Programme, and the use of data and insight in scrutiny. The committee was also due to review ...

04 Feb 2026

7:00 pm

Scrutiny Coordinating Committee - Wednesday, 4 February 2026 - 7.00 pm

The Scrutiny Coordinating Committee met to review the council's corporate impact framework, discuss the outcomes of task and finish workshops on key service areas, and consider the ongoing scrutiny work programme. The meeting focused on understanding perfor...

16 Jul 2025

Scrutiny Coordinating Committee - Wednesday, 16th July, 2025 7.00 pm

The Scrutiny Coordinating Committee was scheduled to meet to discuss corporate performance, the *Waltham Forest Max* programme, and the upcoming scrutiny annual report. The committee was also expected to review its approach to scrutiny reviews and consider ...

29 Apr 2025

Scrutiny Coordinating Committee - Tuesday, 29th April, 2025 7.00 pm

The Scrutiny Coordinating Committee was scheduled to meet to review the action and recommendation trackers, and to discuss the draft summary of committee activity to be included in the Scrutiny Annual Report. The committee was also expected to discuss the C...

About

Coordinating Scrutiny

The coordinating committee will maintain oversight of scrutiny committee work plans (although committees should continue to set their own work plans) The committee will coordinate the annual report to Council on the activity, impact and effectiveness of scrutiny against its terms of reference and Council objectives. The committee will monitor the Cabinet forward plan and recommend scrutiny of up-coming decisions to individual committees where not already included in work plans. The committee will commission time-limited informal groups to undertake scrutiny of cross-cutting issues in a similar manner to themed reviews, receive recommendations or reports from those groups and make recommendations to Cabinet or Council. The committee will also be responsible for scrutiny of:

The corporate framework Corporate performance Central or ‘corporate’ services (customer strategy and libraries, digital inclusion, ICT, HR, governance and law, procurement) Embedding equalities, diversity and inclusion in the work of scrutiny.

The committee will also be responsible for periodically reviewing the effective structure of scrutiny and proposing adjustments to Council for agreement.

 

Members

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Yusuf Patel · Chair
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Caramel Quin · Member
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Emma Best · Member
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Jack Phipps · Member
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Karen Bellamy · Member
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Miriam Mirwitch · Member
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Richard Sweden · Member
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Sharon Waldron · Member
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Tom Connor · Member
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Whitney Ihenachor · Member