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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1
Introduction

CHAPTER 2
Roles for overview and scrutiny

CHAPTER 3
Organisational arrangements

CHAPTER 4
The role of the member

CHAPTER 5
Relationship to the party group

CHAPTER 6
Officer support

CHAPTER 7
Relationship to other internal structures

CHAPTER 8
Developing an outward focus: engaging partners, the public and the press

CHAPTER 9
Outputs, monitoring progress and developing success criteria

CHAPTER 10
Relationship to other components of the modernisation agenda

CHAPTER 11
What is ‘good practice’ in overview and scrutiny?

SELECTED REFERENCES

APPENDIX 1
Research Methodology

APPENDIX 2
Further examples of in-depth investigations

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Common pitfalls and risks

Table 2 The potential of overview and scrutiny

Table 3 Roles for overview and scrutiny

Table 4 Poor practice in connecting best value to overview and scrutiny

Table 5 Good practice approaches to connecting best value and overview and scrutiny

Table 6 How to make the connections? Working from the roles of new political structures

Table 7 Three approaches to member involvement

Table 8 Stages and outputs in the best value review process

Table 9 Why have some authorities made limited progress to date in holding the executive/policy committees to account?

Table 10 Methods for holding the executive/policy committees to account

Table 11 Structures for overview and scrutiny

Table 12 Three models of scrutiny, styles and processes

Table 13 Identifying a ‘traditional committee’ overview and scrutiny forum

Table 14 Scrutiny processes and activities

Table 15 The 10 steps to undertaking a successful in-depth scrutiny investigation

Table 16 Project Plan for individual reviews

Table 17 Overview and scrutiny member approaches to policy work

Table 18 Member involvement in, and decisions needed for, in-depth policy development and review work

Table 19 Member activity in an internal review

Table 20 Member activity in an external review

Table 21 The member’s representative toolbox

Table 22 Reviewing the personal development needs of members

Table 23 Overview and scrutiny: questions for the party group

Table 24 Examples of common pitfalls: the group and overview and scrutiny

Table 25 Party groups and the conduct of overview and scrutiny

Table 26 Approaches to officer support

Table 27 Involving the public and partners in overview and scrutiny

Table 28 Criteria for considering the operation and effectiveness of overview and scrutiny

Table 29 The conditions for effective overview and scrutiny

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Published 17 October 2002

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