The Service Improvement and Finance Scrutiny Panel is the body of the Council with responsibility for making sure that the Council’s budget, corporate and service improvement arrangements are effective and efficient. Between now and Christmas it will hold three meetings covering a range of topics including: 23 November Corporate Complaints Annual Report New Digital Strategy Quarterly […]
What’s happening with the Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel
November 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Ensuring that care leavers access education, training and employment
July 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment
NEETs, this is the acronym used to describe a young person who is “not in education, employment of training”. When the Child & Family Services Scrutiny Panel met last week to look at the end of year performance monitoring report for Child & Family Services it saw that over half of formerly looked after children were not in […]
What’s next for the Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel?
January 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be meeting at 1.30pm on Wednesday 14 January (committee room 3, Civic Centre). On the agenda this week is a Q&A session with Councillor Jennifer Raynor, Cabinet Member for Education. The purpose of this session is to specifically focus on the achievement and impact of the […]
Recycling and landfill performance on the scrutiny agenda
December 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
For some years scrutiny has been keeping a close eye on how well the Council is doing to recycle waste and reduce what we send to landfill. This is done through an annual performance report to scrutiny. It’s an important issue as the Welsh Government has set very challenging targets for all Councils to recycle or compost 70% […]
How can we improve behaviour in schools in order to improve performance?
October 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel will meet with the Councils Chief Education Officer and relevant staff from the education department to discuss what is being done to help schools deal with behaviour issues in order to improve pupil outcomes and the overall performance of schools in Swansea. Councillors will be discussing Swansea’s behaviour strategy, how […]