Scrutiny news
The chairs for the various scrutiny panels for 2025/26 are as follows:
- Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) – Councillor Blackman
- Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Councillor Payne
- Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Councillor Barnes-Andrews
- Housing Scrutiny Panel – Councillor Shields
Scrutiny meetings take place in the Civic Centre. A number of meetings continue to be live streamed by the council, details of how to access the live stream will be provided on the agenda page for the meeting. This will be available in advance of the meeting.
We continue to welcome and encourage residents and stakeholders to engage in the scrutiny process. If you have a question related to a specific item on a scrutiny meeting agenda that you would like to raise, please, in the first instance, email your question to democratic.services@southampton.gov.uk.
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) – Chair, Councillor Blackman
A special meeting of the Committee has been arranged for 2 July at 5pm to consider a call-in of the 17 June Cabinet decision relating to St Mary’s Community and Leisure Centre. The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber and the special meeting agenda has been published.
The next scheduled meeting of the Committee is on 10 July, commencing at 5:30pm in the Council Chamber. The provisional agenda is as follows:
- Transformation Programme Update
- Medium Term Financial Strategy Update
- Corporate Plan
- Southampton Water Activity Centre and Woodmill Outdoor Activity Centre – Transformation decision
- Overview & Scrutiny Handbook – Update
The agenda will be published on 2 July 2025.
Housing Scrutiny Panel – Chair, Councillor Shields
The inaugural meeting of the Housing Scrutiny Panel is scheduled for 3 July. The meeting will commence at 5:30pm in Conference Room 3. The chair has agreed the following agenda for the meeting:
- Draft Housing Strategy
- Housing Improvement Plan update
- Housing Services – Performance
The Housing Scrutiny Panel meeting papers have been published.
Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (CFSP) – Chair, Councillor Barnes-Andrews
The next meeting of the CFSP will take place on 24 July 2025, commencing at 5:30pm in Conference Room 3. The provisional agenda is as follows:
- Ofsted Joint Targeted Area Inspection report
- Aiming Higher Update
- Children’s Services & Learning – Performance & Transformation
Papers for the meeting will be published on 16 July 2025.
Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (HOSP) – Chair, Councillor Payne
At the 28 August 2025 meeting of the Panel the following issues will be considered:
- Adult Social Care performance and transformation
- Changes to the Integrated Care Board and NHS 10-year plan
- Draft Health & Wellbeing Strategy
- Draft Housing Strategy (Consideration from a Health In All Policies perspective)
The meeting will commence at 6pm in Conference Room 3. Meeting papers will be published on 20 August.
| Document | Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Annual report 2024-25 | 741.9 KB | |
| Scrutiny Handbook | 303.8 KB |
