Topic: Annual Scrutiny Survey
We regularly collect and analyse data about overview and scrutiny in local government and in combined authorities. This section sets out some of this data – some current, some historic.
We have collected this data principally by way of an annual survey which was filled in by scrutiny councillors and officers across England and Wales.
Annual Scrutiny Survey 2024-25
The 2024–25 Annual Scrutiny Survey presents national insights into how councils view scrutiny, with key findings brought to life through infographics on impact, leadership, diversity, and place-based practice.
Annual Survey of Overview and Scrutiny – Results Report 2023-24
Access our annual scrutiny survey results and discover key findings from 2023-24.
Annual Survey of Overview and Scrutiny – Results Report 2022-23
Read the results from our annual scrutiny survey in 2022-23.
Council Impact: Strong Scrutiny Linked to Confidence and Effective Relationships
Headlines from the 2022-23 results of our annual of overview and survey in local government.
CfGS 2023 annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government
Headline findings of the 2023 CfGS annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government.
Our annual survey
We have now published our annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government – the definitive picture of scrutiny’s effectiveness in the first year post-pandemic. You can read a summary of the key findings here – https://www.cfgs.org.uk/resource/what-makes-for-effective-scrutiny-excerpt-from-the-cfgs-annual-survey-2021 . The full report can be read here – https://www.cfgs.org.uk/resource/cfgs-annual-survey-2021-22. The findings are perhaps unsurprising – reflecting […]
Bolstering governance
This week (w/c 5 July 2021), we are starting work to highlight the need for councils to support and bolster their commitments to good governance, as we continue to emerge from the pandemic. The pandemic has been exceptionally tough. Restrictions are being removed in the coming weeks but we are far from through this emergency. […]
2021 annual survey: main findings
Our annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government is published today (7 July). It’s been the first opportunity to fully assess the impact of the pandemic on councils’ scrutiny functions, and to think about the role that scrutiny might play as we set about the task of recovery. Councils’ approaches on, and successes […]
Annual Survey 2019 – full results
We carried out a full survey in 2019, to find out councillors and officers views of oversight and scrutiny. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of councils in England and Wales are represented in these findings. Although we released some headline findings at our Driving Smarter Scrutiny Conference in December 2019, these full results reveal more about the […]