The Adult Social Care and Public Health Select Committee will scrutinise matters relating to adult social care including but not limited to residential care and commissioned services for adults. The committee will also oversee the council’s plans and campaigns to promote and improve public health.

The Audit & Governance Committee considers matters of governance, internal audit, risk management, anti-fraud and corruption, the annual statement of accounts, treasury management, external audit and supports the proper conduct of the Council's business by members. Full details of the items which fall within the Committee's remit are set out in the Constitution

The role of Cabinet is a) to exercise all the executive functions of the Council except to the extent that they are reserved to the full Council, exercisable by other Committees or exercisable by individual members of the executive or Chief or other officers under delegated powers. b) to prepare, for adoption by the Council, the budget and the plans which fall within the policy framework. c) to make recommendations to the Council on matters reserved to the Council. d) to exercise the following “local choice” function: e) placing staff at the disposal of other authorities where the placement is in connection with functions exercised by the Executive f) to establish appropriate arrangements for the delivery of cross-cutting/crossdepartmental functions. g) to receive reports and recommendations from the Select Committees.

The Children, Families and Community Select Committee is aligned to performance across Children’s Services including but not limited to education and schools, children’s social care and the overarching Flourish strategy. Youth justice and the ‘prevent’ agenda. The committee will also scrutinise community based services, including but not limited to libraries, museums, adult learning and community partnerships.

The full Council will exercise the following functions: a) adopt and change the Constitution (except that minor changes and corrections may be made by the Monitoring officer in accordance with any powers delegated to them); b) approve the annual Council Budget; c) set the limits for virement or other Budget changes by the Leader, the Cabinet, Cabinet Members, Committees or officers; d) set the limits defining key financial decisions; e) approve the Policy Framework and the strategies and policies that sit within it; f) determine any decision referred to it by a Select Committee which is contrary or not wholly in accordance with the Council’s Budget or Policy Framework; g) appoint and remove the Leader of the Council; h) approve the Terms of Reference for Committees, deciding on their composition, and making appointments to them; i) appoint the Chair and Vice Chairs of Committees; j) appoint representatives to outside bodies, unless the appointment is an executive function or has been delegated by the Council; k) adopt a Members’ Scheme of Allowance and Code of Conduct; l) confirm the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (Head of Paid Service); m) confirm the appointment of the Returning Officer; n) make, amend, revoke, re-enact or adopt byelaws, and promoting or opposing the making of local legislation or personal Bills; and o) all other matters which, by law, must be reserved to Council .

a) To be responsible for the establishment of the Chief Officer structures of the Council and advise on the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer and those officer roles defined in the appendix to the Officer Employment Procedure Rules together with pay arrangements if not in line with national negotiation procedures and current policy. This power includes the establishment of ad hoc Appointment Panels to discharge this function. b) The full Council will approve the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer following the recommendation of such an appointment by an Appointment Panel appointed for this purpose by the Employment Committee. c) To determine new material local terms and conditions of employment for employees that have a significant financial impact for the organisation or would impact on a significant part of the overall workforce as identified and advised by the Director for People and Chief Executive Officer. d) To be responsible for taking disciplinary action in respect of Chief Executive Officer, and other Chief Officers as required by legislation. This includes the establishment of ad hoc Disciplinary Action panels to discharge this function.

The Health and Wellbeing Board consists of members from the County, District/Borough and City Councils and the Clinical Commissioning Groups with a duty to encourage integrated working. The Norfolk Health and Wellbeing Board will work to lead and advise on work to improve the health and wellbeing of the population of Norfolk by providing strategic system leadership of, and oversight for, the commissioning across the NHS, social care and public health.

a) To ensure that the needs and wishes for health and health-related services of all the population (including minorities, socially excluded groups and other targeted equality groups) have been identified towards achieving local health improvement. b) To scrutinise whether services provided that have an impact on the health of local inhabitants are accessible to, and can be accessed by, all parts of the local community. c) To scrutinise whether the outcomes of intervention (whether through services or other intervention designed to have a positive impact on the health of local inhabitants) are equally good for all groups and sections of the local population.

The Infrastructure and Development Select Committee is aligned to the physical, geographical and economic services we provide to our residents. These services relate to the entire community both at whole County level and at neighbourhood level and take a strategic approach to prevent the fragmentation of service provision that leads to gaps or duplication of effort. The Committee supports the Cabinet and Council in its work on transport, environmental services and growing the economy to enable our residents to live in resilient, prosperous, safe and sustainable communities with the facilities and infrastructure they need.

The Health and Care Act 2022 enables organisations and services to work more closely together as an Integrated Care System. This makes it is easier for the residents of Norfolk and Waveney to receive the care and support they need. Within the Integrated Care System, the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) plays a key role to promote the close collaboration of the health and care systems across Norfolk and Waveney – by bringing together health and social care providers, local government, the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, and other partners.

The Joint Museums Committee is responsible for: (i) monitoring the effective operation of the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service within the available budget; (ii) advising all the participating Councils on the strategic framework for museums and archaeology in Norfolk; (iii) agreeing policies for the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service in accordance with national and local guidelines; (iv) acting as a forum for developing future strategy; (v) agreeing the service plan in the light of the available annual budget; and (vi) receiving the minutes of the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service Board for information;

The Norfolk Local Access Forum (LAF) is a statutory committee whose role is to provide strategic advice and direction on improving recreational public access in the context of the wider factors that influence it. The Norfolk LAF is the statutory consultee on any issue, policy or planning development that has access-related elements. The LAF is made up of a variety of local people with access-related interests including countryside users and landowners/managers.

Consists of one member of the County Council and one member from each of the District / Borough Councils in Norfolk and Norwich City Council, appointed by the respective Council. The detailed roles and responsibilities are set out in the Joint Committee’s Terms of Reference. They include: a) To carry out through the Councils the functions as laid down in the legal Agreement for the Joint Provision of Civil Parking Enforcement Services and the Functions currently in force.

The Norfolk Police and Crime Panel has representatives of the 7 local authorities in Norfolk, co-opted members and independent members. The Panel meets at least four times a year to scrutinise the work of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The Norfolk Records Committee is a Joint meeting comprising member representatives from the County Council and the District Councils in Norfolk and also co-opted members with relevant interests. The Norfolk Records Committee has the responsibility for carrying out the functions of the participating local authorities under the Local Government (Records) Act 1962 and for the control of the Norfolk Records Office with a view to ensuring as far as possible that: (i) storage and maintenance facilities are provided to it for archives relating to or deriving from the areas of the participating local authorities; and (ii) there is at the Record Office an adequate means of reference to the archives and facilities are provided for the public to inspect and take copies of deposited documents

The Pensions Committee administers all aspects of the Norfolk Pension Fund on behalf of Norfolk County Council as Administering Authority of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and on behalf of Norfolk County Council as an employer within the Scheme alongside all other contributing employers, and on behalf of all scheme beneficiaries (scheme members) including: a) Functions relating to local government pensions etc. under regulations made unner Sections 7, 12 or 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972. b) To receive and consider the draft Financial Statements for the Norfolk Pension Fund. c) To comment on the draft Financial Statements and make a recommendation to the Audit and Governance Committee that they be approved/not approved.

To exercise the Council’s powers and duties in respect of town and country planning and development control which are not the responsibility of the Council’s Cabinet. b) To exercise the Council’s powers and duties in respect of obtaining information as to interests in land under Section 330 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. c) To exercise the Council’s powers and duties in respect of obtaining particulars of persons interested in land under Section 16 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. d) Additionally, the Planning Regulatory Committee shall: (i) Deal with those nationally significant infrastructure project consultations, where the promoter/applicant is Norfolk County Council (ii) Deal with explosives (iii) Review applications under the Marriage Act 1994 (iv) Deal with registration of common land and village greens and variation of rights of common (v) Deal with public rights of way and access (insofar as they are not executive functions of the Council) (vi) Any other issues of a quasi-judicial nature requiring a Member decision or referred to this Committee by a Chief or other officer (including the determination of any appeal against any decision made by or on behalf of the Council), and not allocated to any other Member body

This Committee will exercise the following powers: (i) as County planning authority, or as Minerals and Waste planning authority, in responding to consultations (including whether to mount a legal challenge to a decision) by District Councils on major planning applications or to equivalent proposals, including nationally significant infrastructure projects & offshore proposals by other organisations; (ii) as highway authority, where the local member disagrees with the proposal from the Executive Director of Community & Environmental Services to issue a recommendation of refusal on highway grounds; (iii) as County planning authority, or as minerals and waste planning authority, in responding to District Councils on local plans at the various stages of consultation. (iv) to comment on the planning policy documents of other bodies including the Marine Management Organisation. (v) In the case of urgency, the County Council’s response will be determined by the relevant Cabinet Member.

The Strategic and Corporate Select Committee is charged with ensuring good governance and that the resources and assets are used as efficiently and effectively as possible and that as a result the Council minimises risk, is resilient, takes advantage of opportunities arising from new technology and communicates effectively with its residents and stakeholders. The Committee shall be the body responsible for the scrutiny of Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service and Trading Standards. The Committee shall also review the content and operation of the Constitution at least annually and at the request of the Council or the Monitoring Officer, to ensure it remains fit for purpose as set out in Part 1 of this Constitution.