Use of Scrutiny Call-In Mechanism
Dear Vale of Glamorgan Council,
This request relates to uses of the call-in mechanism that forms part of the overview and scrutiny committee system.
If your authority has an overview and scrutiny system please answer the following:
For the past ten years, please confirm how many decisions taken by the council’s cabinet/executive were available for call-in.
Please provide a table showing a breakdown of the following for each year since 2013.
For each year please state how many call-ins there were.
For each call-in please show which committee called them in, what the response was, the topic and provide a link to the relevant committee where the call was discussed.
If the S.12 time limit would be exceeded by responding to this request, please answer for a fewer number of years, starting with the most recent.
Yours faithfully,
Megan Waugh
Research for Action
Dear Megan Waugh
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Thank you for your request for information about the uses of the call-in mechanism that forms part of the overview and scrutiny committee system.
Your request was received on 12/12/2023 and is being handled under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your query has been given the reference 00206282.
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Dear Megan Waugh
Thank you for your request for information regarding Use of Scrutiny Call-In Mechanism, which we received on the 12th of December 2023.
Your request
This request relates to uses of the call-in mechanism that forms part of the overview and scrutiny committee system.
If your authority has an overview and scrutiny system please answer the following:
For the past ten years, please confirm how many decisions taken by the council's cabinet/executive were available for call-in.
Please provide a table showing a breakdown of the following for each year since 2013.
For each year please state how many call-ins there were.
For each call-in please show which committee called them in, what the response was, the topic and provide a link to the relevant committee where the call was discussed
Our response
Please see call-in information attached in the document in years commencing from Sept 2017. Note that prior to September 2017 the information would be with Glamorgan Archives as per the Vale of Glamorgan Council's retention policy.
The information regarding call-ins considered by Committees is available on the Council's website however we have summarised as attached.
We are unsure if you also required the decision of Cabinet if the call-in was referred back to Cabinet for consideration however you can find this information on the website. The link to the Cabinet agendas and minutes can also be found on the website at the link below.
https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/ou...
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The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office - Wales
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Churchill Way,
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
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[email address]
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
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e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]
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