Visioning - what should topics should go to scrutiny?

UPDATE ISSUED 23 July 2025

Recently, we asked for your suggestions on topics that you would like considered by our Overview and Scrutiny Committees in the coming year.

Thank you to everyone who visited this page to add their suggestions to this visioning process. Many of your suggestions have been selected as items within the work programmes for the following committees: Economy & Environment; Children & Families; Education; Adults & Communities.

You can now find the confirmed work programmes published on this page. Thank you.

Every year, usually at the start of the municipal year (May/June), each overview and scrutiny committee must set and publish its work programme, setting out a list of selected items which they wish to scrutinise during the year ahead.

This session is known as “Visioning”.

A wide range of feeder information, such a performance data, risk analysis, external inspection recommendations and the Executive Forward Plan is considered by members when prioritising their work programme for the year ahead.

The work programme for each committee for the current scrutiny year can be found on our council webpage https://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/AboutTheCouncil/CouncillorsAndDemocracy/Overview-and-Scrutiny/Overview-and-Scrutiny.aspx

One of the most important sets of information considered, is suggestions from the public. Members of the public are invited to suggests items for scrutiny at any time through the Suggest an Item for Scrutiny form on our webpage (open until 18/6/25)

Members will be undertaking the next round of work programming sessions over the first two weeks of July 2025 (2nd and 3rd of July, and 9th and 10th of July).

Our committee members would welcome your suggestions or comments on what you would like to see them scrutinise in the year ahead.

Please add your suggestion via the Ideas Board on this page or you can email scrutiny@torfaen.gov.uk

Closing date for suggestions was Wednesday 18 June 2025