None.

This item was deferred when Council adjourned on 19^th December 2011 and was dealt with at the reconvened meeting on 16^th January 2012.

Councillor Brown, Chair of the Value and Performance Scrutiny Committee said that the Committee had been very busy considering the Benefits Fundamental Review, the Asset Management Framework and the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) 30 Year Business Plan.  These issues were being taken through Panel work and by holding single meeting issues as was the case with the Asset Management Framework.  He added that the Budget Panel had so far met 12 times and was likely to meet a further 12 times before it made its conclusions.  He welcomed the cross party collaborative nature of the work and thanked officers at all level of the organisation for their constructive participation.

Councillor Campbell, Chair of the Communities and Partnerships Scrutiny Committee said that there was a perceived weakness that people did not know what scrutiny did, however despite very limited resources of less than 2 full time officers, they worked very hard to make scrutiny a success.  He said that the Housing Panel was looking at the Housing Strategy and the impact of new legislation.  There had been two single issue meetings on public health issues and regeneration.  He added that the Committee had also produced a draft report on the Council Council’s Education Strategy.