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This Scrutiny Protocol provides guidance regarding overview and scrutiny committees in English institutions with devolved powers.
Guidance to government departments on the RPC's scrutiny process.
Regulations subject to statutory scrutiny by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)
The need for academy trusts to conduct checks to ensure systems are effective and compliant.
We are consulting on a draft community scrutiny framework and how local scrutiny processes can be improved to help police serve communities more effectively.
This page contains guidance for Accounting Officers to supplement the core guidance contained in Managing Public Money.
Guidance to ensure councils, combined authorities and combined county authorities are aware of the purpose of overview and scrutiny and how to conduct it effectively.
The process departments should follow when making appointments that require a scrutiny hearing by House of Commons select committees, and a list of relevant posts.
Government’s response to the select committee report on the effectiveness of local authority overview and scrutiny.
Setting a minimum standard for the examination of charity accounts.
Guidance explaining the process for police and crime panel scrutiny over the police and crime commissioner’s setting of the precept.
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