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

 

6 June 2024

• Item: Broadband Coverage in rural areas
• Purpose: To scrutinise broadband services in rural and remote areas of the County, particularly after the Broadway Partners broadband service provider went into administration, and consider what can be done to improve provision in these areas.

• 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

• Item: Dyfed Pension Scheme
• Purpose: To scrutinise the Dyfed Pension Scheme, End of Year Performance and clarification on reducing employer’s contribution to the Fund as it was in surplus at 113% (February 2024)

• 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.

 

19 September 2024

• Item: Draft Annual Corporate Self-Assessment 2023-24
• Purpose: To scrutinise the Council’s Annual Self-Assessment, incorporating Review of Well-being Objectives 2023-24

• Item: County Council Budget Outturn Monitoring Report 2023-24
• Purpose: To scrutinise the Budget Outturn Report for 2023-24

• Item: County Council Budget Quarter 1 Monitoring Report 2024-25
• Purpose: 
• To ensure timely monitoring of in-year spend and savings targets
• To scrutinise sustainability of the Medium Term Financial Plan

• 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, Corporate Joint Committee and Partnerships Panel
• Purpose: To receive and scrutinise Minutes from both Strategic Partnerships and Partnerships Panel (last meeting 23 May 2024)

 

14 November 2024

• Item: County Council Budget Quarter 2 Monitoring Report 2024-25
• Purpose: 
• To ensure timely monitoring of in-year spend and savings targets
• To 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: 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

 

January 2025

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

• Item: Budget Monitoring report 2024-25
• Purpose: To ensure timely monitoring of in-year spend and savings targets

• Item: Outline Draft County Council Budget 2025-26 and Outline Draft Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2025-26 to 2028-29
• Purpose: To scrutinise proposals for the Council’s budget and Council Tax levels for 2025-26

• Item: Pembrokeshire County Council Whole Authority Safeguarding Group Annual Report 2023-24
• Purpose: To scrutinise and have oversight of the annual report which reflects on work undertaken in relation to safeguarding activity across the Authority during 2023-24

• 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 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 (25 November 2024)