The Scrutiny Committee met on 4 December 2023, the Climate & Environment Panel met on 29 November 2023, the Housing & Homelessness Panel met on 5 December 2023 and the Finance & Performance Panel met on 6 December 2023. The following reports are expected, together with any other recommendations from those meetings:

·         Authority Monitoring Report and Infrastructure Funding Statement 2022/23

·         Equalities Update

·         LGA Corporate Peer Review – Council Action Plan

·         Review of Glyphosate use by Oxford Direct Services to manage weeds on behalf of Oxford City Council

The Scrutiny Committee had met on 4 December 2023, the Climate & Environment Panel had met on 29 November 2023, the Housing & Homelessness Panel had met on 5 December 2023 and the Finance & Performance Panel had met on 6 December 2023. The following reports had been considered:

      i.         Authority Monitoring Report and Infrastructure Funding Statement 2022/23

     ii.         Equalities Update

    iii.         LGA Corporate Peer Review – Council Action Plan

   iv.         Review of Glyphosate use by Oxford Direct Services to manage weeds on behalf of Oxford City Council

     v.         Integrated Performance Report Q2 2023/24

   vi.         Treasury Management Mid-Year Report

  vii.         City of Sanctuary Accreditation

Items (i) – (iv) had been considered by the Scrutiny Committee on 4 December. In total, thirteen recommendations had been made to Cabinet which were included in the separately published supplement together with Cabinet Members’ responses.

The Climate and Environment Panel, at its meeting on 29 November, had made recommendations in relation to two non-Cabinet items which would be reported to Cabinet at a future date.

The Housing and Homelessness Panel, at its meeting on 5 December, had made a recommendation relating to City of Sanctuary accreditation, which was included in the separately published supplement together with the Cabinet Member’s response.

The Finance and Performance Panel, at its meeting on 6 December, had considered items (v) and (vi) and had in total made three recommendations on these reports which were included in the separately published supplement together with the Cabinet Member’s response.  The Panel had also noted the draft Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025/26 and 2024/25 Budget for Consultation in advance of Budget Review Group meetings in January.