Issue - meetings

To consider the responses by the Executive and the Board of the Bracknell Forest Partnership to the Overview and Scrutiny report resulting from the review of partnership scrutiny in Bracknell Forest.

The Commission noted the report of the Assistant Chief Executive on the Review of Partnership Scrutiny and considered the responses of the Council’s Executive and the Bracknell Forest Partnership Board.  Of the 14 recommendations to the Partnership Board, The Board accepted 10, partly accepted two and did not agree two.

The Commission noted that the Assistant Chief Executive could not see that the Localism Bill would impact to any great extent on the Partnerships.

The Commission specifically confirmed that, as additional resources had not been provided, -

• The Partnership O&S Group would henceforth exist in a reference capacity only, meeting exceptionally if required.
• Future O&S reviews of partner organisations’ activities should only be carried out when they form an integral part of an O&S review of the Council’s own activities, or the NHS services.