Committee details
Community Safety Partnership Working Party
Purpose of committee
COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP WORKING PARTY TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR 2016/17
A. TERMS OF REFERENCE
General
The purpose of the working party was to scrutinise key community safety issues in Thanet and make recommendations to the Community Safety Partnership through the Overview & Scrutiny Panel.
Membership, Chairmanship and Quorum
Number of Members |
Seven |
Political Composition |
3 UKIP 2 Conservative 1 Labour 1 Independent Group |
Substitute Members Permitted |
Yes |
Political Balance Rules apply* |
Yes |
Appointments/Removals from Office |
By the Overview and Scrutiny Panel |
Restrictions on Membership |
Non-Executive Members only |
Restrictions on Chairmanship |
None |
Quorum |
Four |
Number of ordinary meetings per Council Year |
Meetings will be called as required and as reflected in the work programme below |
Terms of reference
The full terms of reference for the working party are given below under the Crime and Disorder (Overview & Scrutiny) Regulations 2009, hereby attached.
The scope of the group for 2016/17 will be specifically to review the performance of the Community Safety Partnership with regards to implementing the following key themes:
1. Reducing Re-offending;
2. Safeguarding our most vulnerable people;
3. Community Confidence and Agency Collaboration.
Delegations
None
Notes
This working party was established in principle by the decision of the Overview & Scrutiny Panel on 01 October 2009. These terms of reference were agreed by the Overview & Scrutiny Panel on 24 May 2016 and later reviewed on 16 August 2016.
*NB: The Overview & Scrutiny Panel unanimously agreed to disregard political proportionality in establishing membership to this sub group.
Membership
Contact information
Support officer: Charles Hungwe.
Postal address:
Thanet District Council
Cecil Street
P.O. Box 9
Margate, Kent
CT9 1XZ
Phone: 01843 577186