The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management reported upon the annual Good Scrutiny Awards, which had recently been presented by the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS), and which provided examples of best practice in scrutiny achieved in some authorities. He provided an explanation of the categories in the awards and indicated that although the awards were national, five of this year’s winners (out of ten categories) were geographical neighbours of Wirral.

Members referred to the substantial amount of scrutiny being undertaken in Wirral and expressed the view that the achievements in scrutiny should form the basis of a submission for the Good Scrutiny Awards 2011.

Resolved – That the officers be requested to present a report, highlighting examples of excellent scrutiny, to a future meeting of the Board, in time to prepare a submission for the 2011 CfPS Awards.