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Policy overview, scrutiny and select committee reviews

Details of the policy overview, scrutiny and select committee reviews that have been undertaken since 2009/10

Reports and documents by year

2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19
2017/18
2016/17
2015/16
2014/15
2013/14
2012/13
2011/12
2010/11
2009/10

2024/25

2023/24

2022/23

2021/22

Select committee annual report 2021/22
A review of electric vehicles, EV infrastructure and future policy development for the borough (endorsed by Cabinet on 24 March 2022)
The council's offer of assisted living technologies (endorsed by Cabinet on 21 April 2022)
Performance monitoring and reporting in Hillingdon Council (endorsed by Cabinet on 17 February 2022)
Our engagement with tenants and leaseholders (endorsed by Cabinet on 17 February 2022)
Voluntary sector response to Covid-19 (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 27 May 2021)
Childen's dental health (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 14 October 2021)
Adult and community learning service (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 11 November 2021)

2020/21

Policy overview committee annual report - May 2020
Making the council more autism friendly (considered at the virtual Cabinet meeting on 22 April 2021)
Review into littering and fly-tipping (considered at the virtual Cabinet meeting on 22 October 2020)

2019/20

Policy overview committee annual report - May 2019
Review into GP pressures (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 January 2020)
Universal Credit: likely favourable and adverse impacts, risks and local partnership response (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 14 November 2019)
Community safety and new policing structures in Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 25 July 2019)
Combating the homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying of young people in Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 20 June 2019)

2018/19

Policy overview committee annual report - May 2018
Digital broadcasting of policy overview, scrutiny and select committees (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 30 May 2019)
Payment modernisation for key resident services (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 30 May 2019)

2017/18

Review into air quality (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 July 2018)
Review into loneliness and isolation in older residents (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 June 2018)
External services scrutiny committee's commissioned working group review into community sentencing (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 24 May 2018)
Supporting children with special education needs and disabilities in their early years (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 15 February 2018)
Hospital discharge (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 15 February 2018)
Criminalisation of looked after children (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 25 January 2018)

2016/17

Shisha bars, lounges and cafes in Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 14 December 2017)
Housing benefit changes In Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 19 October 2017)
Stroke prevention In Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 27 July 2017)
Review of the council's current and future relationship with academies and free schools (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 22 June 2017)
Tackling child sexual exploitation in Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 18 May 2017)
Disposal of charity shop waste (considered at the Cabinet meeting on20 April 2017)
Recruitment in Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on20 April 2017)
Supporting educational aspiration for disadvantaged children (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 15 December 2016)

2015/16

Raising standards in private sector rented accommodation (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 March 2016)
The effectiveness of early help to promote positive outcomes for families (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 18 February 2016)
Alcohol related admissions amongst under-18s (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 January 2016)
Hoarding in Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 December 2015)
Diversifying the street champions Initiative (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 19 November 2015)

2014/15

Tackling social housing fraud (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 July 2015)
Review into family law reforms (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 May 2015)
Children's oral health (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 May 2015)
A review of Hillingdon's corporate complaints procedure (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 May 2015)
Policing and mental health services (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 April 2015)
Hillingdon's implementation of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 April 2015)
The cleaning and maintenance schedule for Hillingdon's footpaths and bridleways (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 April 2015)
Hillingdon child sexual exploitation strategy (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 April 2015)
Reducing the risk of young people Engaging in Criminal Activity and Anti-Social Behaviour (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 19 March 2015)
Hillingdon's shared lives scheme (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 12 February 2015)

2013/14

Stigma: The effect on residents' mental and physical health in the borough (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 January 2014)
Review of anti-social behaviour partnership working in the borough (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 20 March 2014)
The causes of tenancy failure and how it can be prevented (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 January 2014)
Using our water: Improving efficiency and developing long-term strategies (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 20 March 2014)
Improving outcomes for care leavers not in education, employment or training (NEET) (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 24 April 2014)
Strengthening the council's role as a corporate parent (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 November 2013)
Reducing our carbon footprint (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 24 April 2014)

2012/13

Community cohesion and the accessing of council services (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 May 2013)
Crime prevention resources provided for Hillingdon police by the London Borough of Hillingdon and the free older people burglar alarms scheme (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 September 2013)
Leaving care procedure and grant (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 20 December 2012)
Safeguarding of children that go missing (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 March 2013)
Access to education for Hillingdon's vulnerable children and young people (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 23 May 2013)
Review of the regulations and byelaws relating to cemeteries and burial grounds within Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 25 April 2013)
Review of local pest control services and the impact of waste management processes (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 25 July 2013)
Review of adult community mental health services (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 25 April 2013)
Special constables (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 21 March 2013)

2011/12

Effectiveness of audit committee and it's terms of reference (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 April 2012)
Operation and function of HillingdonFirst Card (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 July 2012)
Elective home education (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 July 2012)
Adoption and permanency (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 27 September 2012)
Review of mobile technology and telecommunications equipment in Hillingdon Borough and beyond (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 April 2012)
Personalisation and disabilities with reference to transition (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 April 2012)
Re-offending (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 April 2012)
Dementia (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 April 2012)

2010/11

Census 2011 (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 February 2011)
Personal Safety of Members of the Council When Meeting With Members of the Public (considered at the Whips Meeting on 10 May 2011)
The Hillingdon khat review (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 26 May 2011)
Review of Hillingdon's town twinning relationships (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 24 November 2011)
Review of 14-19 education and provision (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 March 2011)
Use of assistive technology by adult social care to support independent living (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 March 2011)
Hillingdon Centre for Independent Living (Interim report considered by Cabinet Member, not Cabinet - May 2011)
Health inequalities - Effect of overcrowding on educational attainment and children's development (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 18 November 2010)
Children's self harm (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 14 April 2011)

2009/10

Impact of a pandemic in Hillingdon and the effects on council services (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 December 2009)
The impact of public funded business support and the success of new business start up within Hillingdon and how the council could improve business-to-business support within the borough's industrial estates (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 24 June 2010)
Reviewing whether current arrangements and future plans to support inclusive practice in Hillingdon schools aere effective (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 December 2009)
Reviewing current arrangements and future plans for safeguarding children at Heathrow Airport as a port of entry (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 27 May 2010)
A review of street lighting (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 17 December 2009)
A review of planning enforcement ('homes' in back gardens) (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 18 March 2010)
A review of counterfeit cosmetics and illegally imported foods (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 27 May 2010)
The transformation agenda and direct payments in Hillingdon (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 18 March 2010)
The Hillingdon centre for independent living (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 24 June 2010)
Parent abuse - children and young people who abuse their parents and carers (considered at the Cabinet meeting on 15 April 2010)