Yesterday afternoon the Looked After Children Scrutiny Panel met with Tom Jones, the Participation & Childrens’ Rights Officer. Tom’s role is to help children and young people be involved The panel is about two-thirds of the way through an inquiry which is looking at the quality of support and services for children that are […]
Scrutiny councillors meet with Participation & Childrens’ Rights Officer
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Talking to the Private Sector about Affordable Housing
December 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Affordable Housing Inquiry Panel met on Monday with representatives from the homebuilding industry. The purpose of the session was to find out how the private sector could contribute to an increase in the supply of affordable homes in Swansea. Giving evidence at the panel were: Richard Price – Homebuilders Federation Andrew Compton – Persimmon […]
Affordable housing evidence gathering continues……
November 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Members of the Affordable Housing Scrutiny Panel are keeping up with a busy schedule of meetings where they have been gathering evidence from a wide range of experts to help them understand the issue of affordable housing in Swansea and consider ways that the Council and its partners can increase the overall supply of affordable […]
Affordable Housing Panel
September 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Affordable Housing Inquiry Panel met on Monday for an evidence gathering session with officers from the Council’s Housing Service and Planning Service. They received a detailed presentation which covered the following issues: Local Authority duties & powers in relation to affordable housing Policies & strategies used to address affordable housing so far Impact of policies […]
Child & family services performance panel gets underway
September 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Child & Family Services Scrutiny Performance Panel met for the first time last week. The performance panel is a sub-group of the People Scrutiny Board. The People Scrutiny Board agreed that performance of child and family social services was an important area for scrutiny to continue to focus on given the recent history and […]
Impact of Welfare Reforms
September 20, 2012 by 3 Comments
The Stronger & Safer Communities Scrutiny Board is holding a special meeting next week to talk about the impact of welfare reforms. The Board has expressed concern about the possible impact of the UK Government’s welfare reforms on communities in Swansea, and wish to understand plans to deal with those impacts. The Board recognises that the […]