Minute 131/04 is incomplete. Resolution (c) should read:

The comments of the Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee (20 May 2004) are set out below:

Oxfordshire Plan 2004/05

The Scrutiny Committee considered the Plan and forwarded to the Executive the following comments:

Presentation:

It was recognised that the framework of the Plan was prescribed by government but the presentation/content of the text was considered to be dull.

Summary

The production of a summary document was supported.

Page 31, paragraph 4:

In relation to the level of inaccuracies (14%) in our BVPI returns it was suggested that the Plan should indicate the reason for such inaccuracies and the measures being taken to correct the position.

Exceptions reporting:

At the Scrutiny Committee’s suggestion the Leader of the Council undertook to consider the production of ‘exception reports’ where BVP indicators failed to meet targets.

Page 38, seventh strength:

The improvements, particularly to road safety, were of high concern which should be reflected in its priority within the Plan

Social Inclusion:

The ‘golden thread’ of social inclusion should be given more prominence in the Plan; members would consider the social inclusion element of the Plan further on 27 May 2004 when the Social Inclusion Scrutiny Review report was due to be considered.

Councillor Margaret Ferriman (Chair of Learning & Culture Scrutiny Committee) has submitted the following comments:

"I am submitting this short report on the subject of the Review to be considered at Item 8, in my capacity of Chair of the Learning and Culture Scrutiny Committee, which had asked for the Review to be carried out and which considered the papers which made up the Report at its meeting on 11 May, 2004.

Members made some slight amendments to the recommendations then attached to the Review Report but there was a general acceptance of the ideas which underpinned the recommendations, as well as an appreciation of the amount of work which had been done by all concerned and perhaps particularly by the Scrutiny Review Officer Matt Bramall. I endorse that acceptance and appreciation and commend the Report to you for implementation, within the time scale set out.

I regret not being able to be present in person but am prevented by the change from 16 June's Agenda, as was anticipated, to 1 June's."

Corporate Governance Scrutiny Committee on 27 May did not complete its consideration of its Social Inclusion Scrutiny Review and is now expected to do so on 15 July. This item is therefore deleted from the Executive list for 16 June and will instead come forward on 7 September.

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