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Pro-forma for
Work Programmes |
Name
of Select Committee : ..............................................................................
Time
Period for Work Programme : ..............................................................................
Contact
Officer for Work Programme : ..............................................................................
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Category of Item |
Time Period for Review of Item (either by months
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Call-In Items |
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Executive Forward Plans |
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Items referred by : Executive/Portfolio Holder Full
Council Task
Groups Stakeholders/Public |
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Examination of Key Policies and Strategies eg : Consultation
over Budget and Policy Framework |
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Policy Reviews : Short
Best Value Reviews In-depth
Best Value reviews External
Scrutiny Reviews |
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Other |
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Criteria Checklist For Selecting Topics For Review |
Potential Criteria for Selecting Items
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4 or 6 |
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Issue identified by members as key issue for public (through member surgeries and other contact with constituents) |
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Poor performing service (evidence from performance indicators/benchmarking) |
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Service ranked as important by Council’s community (eg through market surveys/citizens panels/complaints) |
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High level of user/general public dissatisfaction with service (eg through market surveys/citizens panels/complaints) |
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Public interest issue covered in local media |
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High level of budgetary commitment to the service/policy (as percentage of total expenditure) |
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Pattern of budgetary overspend |
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Council corporate priority area |
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Central government priority area |
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Issue raised by External Audit Management Letters/External audit reports |
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New government guidance or legislation |
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Key report or new evidence provided by external organisations on key issue |
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Others? |
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Potential Criteria for Rejecting Items
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4 or 6 |
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Issue being examined by the cabinet |
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Issue being examined by an officer group : changes imminent |
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Issue being examined by another internal body |
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Issue will be addressed as part of a Best Value Review within the next year (or more?) |
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New legislation or guidance expected within the next year |
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Others? |
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