Use of Scrutiny Call-In Mechanism

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Research for Action

Dear Bedford Borough 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

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Dear Megan Vaugh

 

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No. 21151

 

Further to your request for information dated 12th December 2023, I can
confirm that the information you requested is held under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA). However, the Council, for the reasons that
follow, declines to disclose the information requested.

 

The information is exempt under Section 21 of the FOIA because the
information is accessible to you, as it is already in the public domain.

 

The details of Overview & Scrutiny Committees and the Call in process at
Bedford Borough Council are included on the Council website [1]Library
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Yours sincerely

 

Maria Scapini

 

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