Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments.

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection. 

To facilitate ‘hybrid’ meetings we are asking that requests to speak or present a petition are submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting i.e., 9am on 06 November 2023.  Requests to speak should be sent to Tom Hudson, Scrutiny Manager, at scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that your views are taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

The Committee previously received a report concerning the Council’s Cost of Living response. This report provides an update on the activity in this area.

Cllr Nathan Ley, Cabinet Member for Public Health, Inequalities and Community Safety, Robin Rogers, Programme Director, Partnerships and Delivery, and Paul Wilding, Programme Manager, Partnerships and Delivery have been invited to present this item.

The Committee is recommended, having considered the report and responses to questions, to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

At its meeting on 21 July 2023 the Committee considered a report providing an update on progress of the Business Services Transformation programme. The Committee requested an update report at the point Cabinet was asked to make a further decision regarding the programme.

Cllr Neil Fawcett, Cabinet Member for Community and Corporate Services, and Lorna Baxter, Director of Finance, have been invited to attend and present this report.

The Committee is recommended, having considered the report and responses to questions, to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

NB Members should be aware that they are being provided with the report being provided to Cabinet as the source material for their scrutiny. Following Scrutiny’s feedback during its previous consideration, the risk register is being provided. However, no additional Scrutiny-specific cover report has been requested.

As the first step in its Budget Scrutiny the Committee is to be given an introduction to the broader budget-setting context, specifically in relation to the pressures and the Council’s approach to savings. Cllr Dan Levy, Cabinet Member for Finance, Lorna Baxter, Director of Finance, and Kathy Wilcox, Head of Financial Strategy have been invited to present this item.

The Committee is recommended, having considered the report and responses to questions, to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

At its last meeting the Committee agreed to defer consideration of this item. To ensure consideration is focused on the most recent available data this report only includes the BMMR data from September. The November BMMR data will not have been published by the time of this meeting. Invited to present this item are Cllr Levy, Cabinet Member for Finance, Lorna Baxter, Director of Finance, Kathy Wilcox, Head of Financial Strategy, and Louise Tustian, Head of Insight and Corporate Programmes.

The Committee is recommended, having considered the report and responses to questions, to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.