Corporate Committee

The role of the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee is to review and scrutinise corporate functions and support services.

The Committee will have oversight of the overall strategic direction, policies, plans and priorities of the Cabinet and Council (post-decision) and monitor their implementation. The Committee will scrutinise corporate services utilising relevant management information such as Service Improvement Plans and Business Risk Registers. Any areas of specific concern may be referred to the Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee as appropriate. The Committee will also have oversight of the Public Services Board (PSB) and Community Safety Partnership (CSP) through a standing Partnerships Panel, as required under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

The remit and scope of the Committee in relation to Corporate functions and services is as follows:

Corporate functions

Office of the Leader
Cabinet Member annual reports
CEO
Budget monitoring (half yearly)
Corporate performance monitoring (quarterly)
Corporate Improvement Plan and Review
Compliance with Well-being of Future Generations Act
WAO corporate reports
Welsh Language
Risk Management
Corporate Safeguarding
Whistleblowing
Transformation programme management
City Deal programme management

Corporate services

Financial Services (Including Revenues & Benefits and Procurement)
Information Technology
Audit, Risk and Information Services
Customer Services
Human Resources
Law and Governance
Corporate Policy and Partnerships
Corporate Communications, Press, PR and Marketing
Electoral Services

The Committee has 13 members and will meet at least five times per year. Details of Committee members and future meetings, along with the Committee Work Programme can be found via the links below.

Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee Forward Work Programme

Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee

November 2025

Item: Strategic Partnerships - Swansea Bay City Deal, Corporate Joint Committee and Celtic Freeport.
Purpose: To receive and scrutinise minutes from the three Strategic Partnerships

Item: County Council Budget Quarter 2 Monitoring Report 2024-25
Purpose: To ensure timely monitoring of in-year spend and savings targets and scrutinise sustainability of the Medium Term Financial Plan

Item: Capital Programme
Purpose: To scrutinise the risks being raised in relation to increased costs of projects and the realistic longevity of delivery of the programme.

Item: Performance Measurement Quarterly Monitoring
Purpose: To scrutinise the Corporate Scorecard which forms part of the Council’s revised performance management framework

Item: Strategic Partnership - Partnerships Panel
Purpose: To receive a report from the Partnerships Panel following scrutiny of the PSB and CSP after each of the Panels meetings

January 2026

Item: Outline Draft County Council Budget 2026-27, Outline Draft Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2026-27 to 2029-30 and Provisional Local Government Settlement for 2026-27
Purpose: To scrutinise proposals for the Council’s budget and Council Tax levels for 2026-27

Item: Treasury Management Governance Arrangements
Purpose: To scrutinise the Treasury Management Strategy that covers: The Capital Programme, including prudential indicators, the Treasury Management Strategy (how the investments and borrowings are to be organised), including treasury indicators, A Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) policy (how residual capital expenditure is charged to revenue over time and an Investment Strategy (the parameters for managing investments).

Item: Pembrokeshire County Council Whole Authority Safeguarding Group Annual Report
Purpose: To scrutinise and have oversight of the annual report which reflects on work undertaken in relation to safeguarding activity across the Authority during the year

March 2026

Item: Improvement and Transformation Programme Board
Purpose: To receive an annual update from the Board to enable the Committee to scrutinise delivery and management of the programme.

Item: County Council Budget Quarter 3 Monitoring report 2025-26
Purpose: To ensure timely monitoring of in-year spend and savings targets.

Item: Performance Measurement Quarterly Monitoring
Purpose: To scrutinise the Corporate Scorecard which forms part of the Council’s revised performance management framework.

Item: Strategic Partnership - Partnerships Panel
Purpose: To receive a report from the Partnerships Panel following scrutiny of the PSB and CSP after each of the Panels meetings

June 2026

Item: Welsh Language Standards Annual Report
Purpose: To scrutinise a draft version of the Authority’s Welsh Language Standards annual report before publication at the end of June each year

Item: Overview & Scrutiny Annual Report
Purpose: To provide an integrated review of the main activity of the Committee over the past year, as well as looking forward to future challenges and areas for improvement