{"id":4975,"date":"2020-06-03T10:47:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.davelevy.info\/?p=4975"},"modified":"2022-10-28T16:24:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T16:24:38","slug":"scrutiny-in-local-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/scrutiny-in-local-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrutiny in Local Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am involved in conversations about local government governance models and I am concerned as I learn about the tricks that public authorities are using to frustrate scrutiny exercised by FOI and SAR correspondence. Here are my notes.<\/p>\n

Govt & the Law<\/h3>\n

I started at the GLA and came across these links outlining the laws impacting the administration of local government.<\/p>\n

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  1. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Local_government_in_England<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1999\/29\/contents<\/a> – Greater London Authority Act 1999<\/li>\n
  4. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_London_Authority_Act_2007<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1999\/29\/section\/66<\/a> – Section 66, ethical standards, now replaced<\/li>\n
  7. Greater London Authority Acts and Orders<\/a>, it was amended, a lot, this is at legislation.co.uk<\/li>\n
  8. http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2000\/22\/contents<\/a> – Local Govt Act 2000 – this supercededs the GLA Act’s ethical standards clause, also described on wikipedia<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  9. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Localism_Act_2011<\/a>, the act & orders at legislation.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  10. http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2011\/20\/contents\/enacted<\/a> – Localism 2011 Act<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I have written to the MHC&LG to ask about transitions to committee led councils<\/a>\u00a0 as an FOI.<\/p>\n

    Scrutiny<\/h3>\n

    This involves the FOI<\/a> and specific scrutiny powers of the various scrutiny committees.<\/p>\n

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    1. Statutory Guidance on Overview and Scrutiny in Local and Combined Authorities<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. https:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/11%2064_Scrutiny%20for%20councillors_03_1.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. HoC Research Briefing “Overview &\u00a0 Scrutiny in Local Government” – SN06520<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The ICO<\/h3>\n
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      1. How to disclose information safely<\/a> by the ICO, not quite what we want, rather the obverse.<\/li>\n
      2. https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/media\/for-organisations\/documents\/2259722\/subject-access-code-of-practice.pdf<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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