At their meeting on 17th July the Development and Regeneration Performance Panel looked at the Response and Action Plan to the Wales Audit Office Report – ‘Local Government Services to Rural Communities’. Swansea is a semi-rural authority with 60% of the land rural. However the classification of wards as rural or urban can be complex […]

Councillors from the Education Scrutiny Performance Panel visited Dylan Thomas Community Comprehensive School in July and met with the Headteacher, Chair of Governors and other staff at the school. Councillors chose to speak to this school because they had heard about the good practice the school provides in relation to the wellbeing of pupils, with […]

In July the Cabinet Member for Delivery responded to the Natural Environment Scrutiny Inquiry. The feedback was very positive and 18 out of the 20 recommendations were approved with the remaining two only being rejected on financial grounds. Should the finances become available the remaining two recommendations will also be implemented. With the hard work […]

The recent Equalities Scrutiny Inquiry has highlighted the need for more accessible information about the Council’s services. For the Scrutiny Inquiry report Councillors wanted to produce an ‘Easy Read’ overview of the Inquiry’s findings and recommendations.  So we put together an outline of the document and worked with the service users at Fforestfach Day Centre […]

Have you ever wondered what Scrutiny is all about, why it is there and what benefits it brings? We have put together a simple guide to help answer these important questions. Scrutiny Scrutiny is done through ‘effective questioning’ this means asking the kind of questions which get to the heart of an issue to find […]