We want to know what you think! Do you work as a senior scrutiny officer in an English or Welsh Council? Do you have time to make a real difference to improving scrutiny across councils in England and Wales? Then we need your help and expertise. Each year, the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny invites all councils in England and Wales to complete a survey in order to gain in-depth insights and an overview of scrutiny functions across English and Welsh councils. Your views will be invaluable to enable us to identify trends and themes which will contribute to us ...
In our previous blog dedicated to the annual scrutiny survey 2017 results (key statistics and infographics available here) we shared our ideas on scrutiny’s role and various methods of agenda prioritisation. In this blog, we would like to discuss two other outstanding issues – cultural change, and how can scrutiny show its impact and value. Starting with the latter, scrutiny can change perceptions around its work and be able to easier demonstrate its value through at least two channels - through changing recommendations and their continuous tracking and through a different approach to annual scrutiny reports. In our previous research, ...