NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL

20 MAY 2026 

STATEMENT OF THE CHAIR OF SCRUTINY BOARD

Scrutiny Board brings together the Chairs of the six thematic overview and scrutiny committees at the Council and the Older People’s, Young People’s and Climate Change Champions.  It provides an opportunity for a whole council view of scrutiny activity, which avoids gaps and overlaps and helps establish a lead committee for areas of joint interest.  It also provides a forum in which the key performance issues for the Council can be reviewed and items for further scrutiny identified.

The scrutiny function was created to act as a check on and balance to the executive and it is a statutory requirement for all authorities operating executive arrangements.

There have been no meetings of Scrutiny Board since the last meeting of Council.  The next meeting of the Board is scheduled for 2pm on Friday 22 May 2026.  At that meeting, a new Chair of the Board will be elected by the members of the Board and the Executive Q4 Performance and Finance Management report will be scrutinised.

COUNCILLOR KARIN SEDGWICK

12 May 2026