Issue - meetings

The lead officer for Scrutiny and Member Development submitted a report summarising the 2018/19 provision of Member training and development of events.   The report provided an overview of the broader approach to Member development including the 2019/20 induction and a summary of the roll-out of Member induction, training and development.  The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development provided a summary of the report. 

Councillor A Ward-Booth referred to the training provided by the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) which he considered was expensive and queried whether value for money was evaluated in terms of the training by external providers.  The Head of IT explained that external providers had certain areas of specialism.  Councillor Ward-Booth queried whether value for money vs cost could be reported back to Members and especially if training was particularly good.  The Democratic Services Officer agreed to speak with the Lead Officer for Member Development and Scrutiny in this regard.

Councillor A Alder referred to Members who might agree to initially attend, then who did not and the impact this could have in terms of demonstrating value for money.

Councillor J Dumont referred to meeting etiquette and protocols, such as knowing when to ask questions and queried about such training provision.  The Democratic Services Officer undertook to refer this issue to the Lead Officer for Scrutiny and Member Development.

RESOLVED – that the report as detailed be noted.