Studying scrutiny: what’s its impact?

Posted on 08/02/2017 by Ed Hammond | scrutiny evaluation

The CfGS is continuing to look into various issues relating to scrutiny. We have recently done a survey of scrutiny perceptions, and are currently working on estimating the impact of scrutiny across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Whether you have filled the previous survey or not, we would to like to invite all scrutiny practitioners to share their opinions on what "good" scrutiny means to them, what risks is scrutiny facing, and through which mechanisms scrutiny is making a difference: Scrutiny impact questionnaire All responses will be anonymised. If, along with the survey, you want to share any more detailed views, please contact Elena Konopelko ...

Scrutinising select committees

This is the first of three blogposts about scrutiny’s impact and how scrutiny might be improved. It anticipates the publication by us at the end of the summer of a revised methodology for local areas to use both to evaluate their existing scrutiny arrangements and to review and design new ones – joint systems and systems covering combined authorities. These practical tools will be based, in part, on the kinds of research to which this post refers. Good scrutiny must be shown to have value, and to make a real difference to people’s lives. But given that scrutineers are by ...