At its meeting on 13 March 2024, Cabinet considered the following reports from Scrutiny and made responses to the recommendations:

·       Oxfordshire Food Strategy Action Plan

·       Request for Exceptional Circumstances Relief from the Community Infrastructure Levy

·       Allocation of Preventing Homelessness Budget 2024/25

·       Corporate Key Performance Indicator Review

Since the Scrutiny Committee’s previous meeting on 04 March 2024, the following Panels have met:

·       Housing and Homelessness Panel (07 March 2024)

·       Climate and Environment Panel (20 March 2024)

·       Finance and Performance Panel (26 March 2024)

·       Companies Scrutiny Panel (Shareholder and Joint Venture Group, 27 March 2024)

The Committee is asked to:

1.    Note Cabinet’s responses to its recommendations.

2.    Note any updates from Panel meetings.

The Chair presented the report on recommendations.

The Committee noted that on 13 March 2024, Cabinet considered recommendations related to four reports, responses to which were set out in the agenda pack:

·       Oxfordshire Food Strategy Action Plan

·       Request for Exceptional Circumstances Relief from the Community Infrastructure Levy

·       Allocation of Preventing Homelessness Budget 2024/25

·       Corporate Key Performance Indicator Review

The Scrutiny Officer advised that the Housing and Homelessness Panel had met on 7 March 2024 and considered four substantive items: Allocation of Preventing Homelessness Grant 2024/25; Implementation of Selective Licensing; Housing Ombudsman Complaint Handling Code Self-Assessment; and the Tenant Satisfaction (STAR) Survey. The Panel held wide-ranging discussion and formulated a number of recommendations to Cabinet on all reports apart from the Tenant Satisfaction (STAR) Survey.

The Scrutiny Officer advised that the Climate and Environment Panel had met on 20 March 2024 and considered three substantive items: Tree Planting, Energy Generation/Solar Potential and Council Buildings and a 2023-24 Year in Review item which reflected on the Panel’s work to date. A number of recommendations were made which would be submitted to the Cabinet meeting in April 2024.

Cllr James Fry, Chair of the Finance and Performance Panel advised that the Panel had met on 26 March 2024 and considered the Integrated Performance Report Q3 2023/24. The Panel made two recommendations which would be submitted to the Cabinet meeting in April 2024.