The Overview and Scrutiny Committees have powers to review performance and examine decisions made by the council leadership

Barnet Council's Colindale office — Barnet Council’s Colindale office

A Barnet Council consulatation asking for suggestions of local issues to be scrutinised by committee will end on 21st February 2024.

The Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committees are seeking suggestions from residents and local organisations on topics that would benefit from scrutiny involvement.

Established when Barnet Council moved to an Executive system of governance in May 2023, the role of Overview and Scrutiny is to review performance and examine the decisions of the Executive from a non party-political perspective, and to conduct in–depth investigations into areas of underperformance and those that matter to the community.

Overview and Scrutiny is able to investigate a wide range of local issues and have powers to scrutinise the services not only provided by the council but also by partner public service organisations e.g. the NHS, police or housing associations, as they too have a significant impact on the wellbeing of the population.

Submissions can be made via the council website, where requests for paper correspondence can also be made:

https://engage.barnet.gov.uk/suggest-a-topic-for-a-scrutiny-review-2024

Topics chosen for scrutiny will be announced in June 2024

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