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The Performance Scrutiny Committee met on 17 September 2026 and considered three education reports: the Curriculum for Wales in primary schools, additional learning needs (ALN) and school attendance. It agreed to ask for further reports on the curriculum and attendance in autumn 2027, and asked the Council's Executive to write to the Welsh Government about ALN funding. Members also agreed the Committee's future work programme and chose representatives for the Service Challenge groups, which review council services each year.
The Committee reviewed progress at Christ the Word Catholic School in Rhyl, which was placed in special measures after a 2022 inspection, and considered reports on social services, libraries, staff and its work programme. It acknowledged the school's progress and asked for a further report in 12 months, and asked for further reports on social services and libraries.
The Committee considered attendance, behaviour and well-being in schools, internet connectivity, and the Council's annual performance self-assessment for 2025 to 2026. It elected Councillor Gareth Sandilands as Vice-Chair and agreed to confirm its work programme. On the self-assessment, it confirmed the appendices for approval by full Council in July, and it asked for a further update on internet connectivity in twelve months.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee considered the Planning IT system, the Corporate Risk Register, a plan to replace the council's customer contact system, and its own work programme. It recognised progress on the Planning IT system and asked for a further report in twelve months. It also received the risk register, supported a new reporting schedule for it, and confirmed support for the steps taken to buy a new customer contact system.
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The Committee reviewed progress at Christ the Word Catholic School, which was placed in special measures after a 2022 Estyn inspection, and asked for a further report in six months. It also considered the Welsh Government's provisional funding settlement, which does not fully cover the Council's £21.011m of budget pressures, and asked the Lead Member for Finance to write to Welsh Government. The Committee also noted Corporate Plan performance for April to September 2025, a report on the library service, and its own work programme.
The Committee referred back to Cabinet its decision to close Cefndy Healthcare, after a call-in by eight councillors who said alternative options had not been fully explored. It also considered a new planning IT system that has caused delays and a backlog, and supported a new car park tariff structure subject to further member feedback. The Committee also agreed its work programme and noted two information reports on the budget and corporate risks.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee met on 18 September 2025. The minutes record that it acknowledged the school attendance and additional learning needs reports and the 2024/25 Climate and Nature Strategy results, and confirmed its work programme. On Cefndy Healthcare, considered in private session, it recommended that Cabinet keep the service open while alternative options are explored.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee considered the draft Director of Social Services Annual Report for 2024/25 and an update from the Libraries Task Force on reduced library and One Stop Shop opening hours. It confirmed that the social services report gave a clear account of performance, recommended that the Task Force continue for a further 12 months, and appointed members to nine Service Challenge Groups, panels that examine each council service in depth.
The committee confirmed its comments on the council's draft performance self-assessment for 2024 to 2025, which goes to full Council for approval in July. It also confirmed its forward work programme, the list of reports it plans to examine, and postponed a report on the planning software system until November. Councillor Gareth Sandilands was appointed Vice-Chair (deputy chair) for 2025/26.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee considered five reports on 6 May 2025: post-Brexit funding, the corporate risk register, extra education funding, internet connectivity and its own work programme. It supported the proposed education spending plan and the risk register changes, acknowledged the connectivity report and confirmed its work programme.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee considered workforce data, a draft economic strategy, car park income and its forward work programme, and discussed proposals for Denbighshire Leisure Limited. It asked for a further workforce progress report and for a new car park tariff structure to come back in Autumn 2025. It also asked for information on the leisure company proposals to go to county councillors before a Special County Council meeting on 26 March 2025.
The committee considered progress at Christ the Word Catholic School, which was discussed in private, an update on the 2025/26 budget, a review of Library Service performance, and the set-up of a review into the roll-out of the new waste and recycling service. It asked for further school progress reports, recommended budget feedback to Cabinet, asked the Lead Member to write about National Insurance costs, and confirmed the arrangements for a waste review task and finish group.
The committee reviewed the council's Corporate Risk Register, the list of its most serious risks, and agreed to add a new risk about transformation projects. It also supported changing the council's appetite for financial project risk from 'cautious' to 'open', and acknowledged progress on the Corporate Plan from April to September 2024.
At its meeting on 26 September 2024, the Performance Scrutiny Committee considered four education reports and its forward work programme. It endorsed progress on additional learning needs, school attendance and Welsh-medium education, and acknowledged work on the Curriculum for Wales. The committee asked for further progress reports on these themes and confirmed its work programme.
On 18 July 2024 the Performance Scrutiny Committee considered the council's yearly report on social care performance in 2023/24, a year-end report on Cefndy, a council-run service that makes daily living equipment, and its own work programme. The Committee endorsed the social care report as a clear account and asked for councillors to visit Cefndy and receive a further report in a year. It also asked Communities Scrutiny Committee to consider a housing strategy report, to ease its own workload.
Performance Scrutiny Committee met on 6 June 2024 and considered education, finances, climate change, council performance and its own work programme. Members agreed that all possible actions on the 2018 Estyn education recommendations had been completed, and they supported the revised Climate and Ecological Change Strategy, recommending that Cabinet seek County Council adoption of it. The committee also elected a Vice-Chair, changed the timing of some items in its work programme, and received a report on the budget pressures facing the Council.
The Committee considered reports on internet connectivity, the Corporate Risk Register and its work programme. It asked for a further connectivity report in 12 months and confirmed its work programme. It also raised concerns about proposed changes to how scrutiny takes part in Service Challenge meetings.
The Committee considered three items on 7 March 2024: elective home education, the Council's corporate support services and its forward work programme. It endorsed the Council's approach to elective home education and asked for a report on pupil numbers in 12 months, and it recommended writing to Welsh Government to seek national rules for home education.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee considered school attendance, the Library Service's performance against national standards, and its forward work programme. On attendance it asked for a further report in September 2024, and on libraries it asked for an information report in mid-2024. It also confirmed its forward work programme, including any items added during the meeting.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee met on 30 November 2023 to look at the Corporate Risk Register, the Council's performance up to September 2023 and its forward work programme. It received and acknowledged the changes made to the Corporate Risk Register in September, and asked for more information on two risks. It also acknowledged progress on the Corporate Plan and confirmed its work programme for the coming months.
The committee considered four reports: progress at Christ the Word Catholic School, the whole school approach to emotional and mental well-being, Welsh-medium provision in schools, and the housing and homelessness strategy action plan. In each case it either acknowledged the progress made or supported the work, and asked for further reports or monitoring.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee on 20 July 2023 considered reports on recruitment and retention, the Curriculum for Wales, Additional Learning Needs transformation, the draft Director of Social Services annual report and its work programme. It asked for further reports on workforce planning in 12 months and on the curriculum and ALN reforms in autumn 2024, and it confirmed that the social services report gave a clear account of 2022-23 performance.
The Committee considered poor internet connectivity, the council's 2022 to 2023 performance self-assessment, the review of the Climate and Ecological Change Strategy, and its work programme. It elected Councillor Gareth Sandilands as Vice-Chair for 2023/24. The main decisions were to ask for a further broadband progress report in six months, to support the start of the climate strategy review, and to confirm the work programme and two service challenge group appointments.
The committee considered the council's latest review of its Corporate Risk Register and a draft work programme for future meetings. Members accepted the register changes, endorsed its colour and trend summary, and appointed two councillors to service challenge groups, leaving one place to fill.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee, a group of councillors that checks council performance, considered three reports on 16 March 2023. It agreed to keep monitoring the housing and homelessness strategy, asked for further reports on council housing and libraries, and confirmed its work programme and its representatives on service challenge groups.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee, the councillors who check the council's performance, considered a report on Cefndy, a manufacturing business that employs disabled people and is supported by the council. The committee agreed to receive Cefndy's performance analysis, which covers unexpected costs this year, and asked for further reports. The committee also confirmed its forward work programme and appointed a member to the Capital Scrutiny Group.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.