Overview and Scrutiny
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
- Information Technology
- Audit, Risk and Information Services
- Customer Services
- Human Resources
- Legal and Committee Services
- Procurement
- Corporate Policy
- Partnership and Scrutiny Support
- 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 (opens new window)
23 March 2023
One-off Committee Items
- Item: Cyber Security
- Purpose: To scrutinise the Authority’s arrangements for preventing and dealing with security breaches and attempts
Standing / Re-occurring Items
- Item: Pembrokeshire County Council Whole Authority Safeguarding Group Annual Report 2021-22
- Purpose: To scrutinise and have oversight of the annual report which reflects on work undertaken in relation to safeguarding activity across the Authority during 2021-22
- 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
8 June 2023
One-off Committee Items
- Item: Treasury Management
- Purpose: To scrutinise the Council’s Treasury Management governance arrangements.
- Item: Sustainability of the Medium Term Financial Plan
- Purpose: To scrutinise the Sustainability of the Medium Term Financial Plan
Standing / Re-occurring Items
- Item: Performance Measurement Quarterly Monitoring
- Purpose: To scrutinise the Corporate Scorecard which forms part of the Council’s revised performance management framework.
- Item: Welsh Language Standards Annual Report
- Purpose: To scrutinise a draft version of the Authority’s 2023-24 Welsh Language Standards annual report before publication on 30 June 2023.
- 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
- 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
12 September 2023
One-off Committee Items
N/A
Standing / Re-occurring Items
- Item: Corporate Services
- Purpose: To Scrutinise one of the 9 Corporate Service Areas which fall under the remit of the Committee per Committee meeting
- Item: Annual Corporate Self-Assessment Report
- Purpose: To scrutinise the Council’s Annual Self-Assessment
- Item: County Council Budget Outturn Monitoring Report 2022-23
- Purpose: To scrutinise the Budget Outturn Report for 2022-23
- Item: Budget Monitoring report 2023-24
- Purpose: To ensure timely monitoring of in-year spend and savings targets
- 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
16 November 2023
One-off Committee Items
- 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
Standing / Re-occurring Items
- Item: Corporate Services
- Purpose: To scrutinise one of the 9 Corporate Service Areas which fall under the remit of the Committee per Committee meeting
- Item: Strategic Partnerships - Swansea Bay City Deal and Corporate Joint Committee
- Purpose: To receive and scrutinise Minutes from both Strategic Partnerships
- 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