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.