- A period of up to 10 minutes is made available for questions submitted by members of the public who either live or work within the geographical area covered by the York and North Yorkshire Mayor.
- Questions should be addressed to the Chair of the Online Public Meeting.
- The Online Public Meeting, which takes place regularly, is chaired by the Deputy Mayor for Policing, Fire and Crime alongside the Chief Fire Officer and the Chief Constable as the case may be to monitor progress against the Police and Crime Plan and the Fire and Rescue Plan – the documents that set out the priority areas of action, based on consultation with the public.
- The deadline for submission of questions is two clear working days before the meeting in order that an appropriate answer to the question can be given. In exceptional circumstances, the Chair may adjust this deadline.
- Questions should be submitted by email to:- [email protected]or written questions can be sent via post to the Office for Policing, Fire, Crime and Commissioning for North Yorkshire and York, Harrogate Police Station, Beckwith Head Rd, Harrogate, HG3 1FR.
- A list of questions will be drawn up in order of receipt and copies of all questions and statements will be circulated to all members of the Board.
- Each member of the public asking a question must give his or her name and the location in which they live within York or North Yorkshire. We may publish this information along with the question and response on our website.
- Nobody may submit more than one question at the same meeting, unless the Chair agrees otherwise.
- If after the expiration of ten minutes, questions remain unanswered, steps will be taken to provide a written response.
- Questions and statements may be “redirected” if:-
- Insufficient detail has been provided to enable a proper response to be provided
- It is not about a matter for which the Online Public Meeting has responsibility
- It is defamatory, frivolous or offensive
- It is substantially the same as a question which has been put at a meeting in the past six months; or
- It requires the disclosure of confidential or exempt information; or
- the questioner is subject to a contact strategy under the OPFCC Policy on Unreasonable Complainants and Correspondents
- other exceptional circumstances apply in the opinion of the Chair and/or the Combined Authority Deputy Monitoring Officer for Mayoral Policing, Fire & Crime functions.
- A record will be kept of each question and answer on the Office for Policing, Fire, Crime and Commissioning website.
- “Redirection” of a question may mean one or more of
- Rephrasing of the question with OPFCC Officer advice assistance, so that it is suitable for the public domain and relevant to the communities of York & North Yorkshire;
- Declining to answer the question
- Rejecting the question, if absolutely necessary
Questions raised on X (formerly Twitter) during the live broadcast
The above procedure applies, however in addition:
- Questions must be relevant to the meeting and the agenda
- Questions posted on X must include #NYscrutiny
- Questions using #NYscrutiny asked in advance of the meeting may not be answered as the e-mail procedure above applies.
- We will endeavour to answer all questions raised at the meeting, however we can not accept any questions after the agenda item, for public questions, has started.