The Scrutiny Committee met on 16 January 2024 and the Finance & Performance Panel met on 22 January 2024.  The following reports are expected, together with any other recommendations from those meetings:

·        Leisure Services Contract Award

·        Draft Corporate Strategy 2024-28 for Consultation

·        Private Rented Sector Regulation Policies – Result of Consultation

Councillor Lucy Pegg, Chair of Scrutiny, presented the outcomes of considerations by the Scrutiny Committee and its Panels.

The Scrutiny Committee had met on 16 January 2024.  The following reports had been considered:

(i)     Leisure Services Contract Award

(ii)    Draft Corporate Strategy 2024-28 for Consultation

(iii)   Private Rented Sector Regulation Policies – Result of Consultation

(iv)   Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) Accreditation and Domestic Abuse Review Group Update

In total, 19 recommendations had been made to Cabinet which were included in the separately published supplement together with Cabinet Members’ responses.

The Finance & Performance Panel had met on 22 January 2024 and had considered the Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2024/25 and the Housing Revenue Account Rent Setting report.  No recommendations on these two reports had been made: recommendations on the Corporate KPI review which had also been considered would be reported to a future Cabinet meeting.

Councillor Pegg also presented the outcomes of scrutiny in relation to the following reports which had been considered by the Climate and Environment Panel on 29 November 2023:

(v)     Biodiversity Action Plan for Oxford City Council Parks and Nature Areas Review

(vi)    Retrofit.

In total, 7 recommendations on these two reports had been made to Cabinet which were included in the separately published supplement, together with Cabinet Members’ responses.