Cabinet
Individual Cabinet Members
Each Cabinet Member has individual decision-making powers within a given portfolio decided by the Leader. These powers are clearly set out within the terms of reference for each Cabinet member and include policy matters; staffing matters and the award of contracts.
These decisions are usually the subject of consultation with the Deputy Leader or Chief Whip. The individual Cabinet Members' terms of reference include other functions specific to their portfolio areas. Decisions by individual Members of the Cabinet are taken on the basis of Officers' reports setting out relevant legal, financial and other professional officer advice, which are, except in a few cases, open to the public.
Summary of Responsibility
- Policy matters relating to all property assets within his / her portfolio
- Staffing matters relating to his / her portfolio
- Award all contracts over £1,500,000 and consultant agreements over £300,000 within his / her portfolio
- Agree capital expenditure in accordance with financial regulations within his / her portfolio
- Other specific functions relating to his / her portfolio
Leader of the Council: Councillor Colin Barrow
Portfolio covers: communications, policy and performance, member services, government relations, Westminster City Partnership and Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board.
Deputy Leader/ Cabinet Member for the Built Environment: Councillor Robert Davis
Planning, London Local Authorities Act 2007, go green, building control, public art, LDF, air pollution and air quality, biodiversity, CPOs (excluding housing), olympics, trees, special events, mayoralty, emergency planning, sport and leisure, Paddington Recreational Ground, major projects around Leicester Square, Piccadilly and Exhibition Road.
Cabinet Member for Adult Services and Health: Councillor Daniel Astaire
Adult services, relations with the health service, public health, rough sleepers, homelessness, young carers
Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Community Protection: Councillor Nicola Aiken
BSF and PCP, Children’s health and commissioning, Looked After Children and care leavers, extended services, multi-agency protection arrangements, children at risk, early years, 14-19 entitlement, SEN/LDD, Interagency cooperation (children's trust), schools and education, interagency and education, play services, advice information and guidance, parenting and child poverty, family recovery, community safety(includes domestic violence, youth offending, Safer Westminster Partnership, CDRP, relations with the police).
Cabinet Member for City Management: Councillor Ed Argar
Street cleaning, water management, street management (Westminster Wardens), roads and highway maintenance, street schemes, recycling, CCTV, public toilets, cemeteries and mortuaries, parks and open spaces and relations with fire authority, public realm capital works, transportation commissioning, small transportation budget, highway capital projects.
Cabinet Member for Customer Services and Transformation: Councillor Melvyn Caplan
The Westminster Standard and customer services, corporate complaints, FOI, One Stop Shops, ward budgets, libraries, arts, neighbourhood management, Westco, website, transformation including tri-borough, procurement, contract management & central commissioning.
Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Volunteering: Councillor Brian Connell
BIDs, SMEs, Business Support, Area Action Plans/West End, Licensing policy and enforcement, trading standards, markets, civic streets and street trading commercial environmental health, tourism, adult education and skills, employment, training/apprenticeships, volunteering strategy and voluntary sector grants, pest/noise control services, residential environmental health.
Cabinet Member for Housing and Property: Councillor Jonathan Glanz
Residential and environmental health, housing options, sale and purchasing of housing, CPOs, housing management and CityWest Homes, community build, housing renewal strategy and empty homes, corporate property.
Cabinet Member for Parking and Transportation: Councillor Lee Rowley
Parking enforcement, relations with TfL, transport, partners in parking, road safety, parking policy and operations, RTA duties, network management duty and relations with utilities providers, transportation policy.
Cabinet Member for Strategic Finance: Councillor Philippa Roe
IT and ICT, capital and revenue budget framework and monitoring, revenue collection, benefits and benefits policy, internal audit, HR and treasury, legal.
Deputy Cabinet Members
Major Developments: Councillor Alastair Moss
Deputy for Olympics, Sport and Leisure: Councillor Steven Summers
Health: Councillor Sheila D'Souza
Adult Services: Councillor Lindsey Hall
Deputy Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Community Protection, Family Recovery: Councillor Louise Hyams
Community Protection: Councillor Richard Beddoe
Deputy Cabinet Member for City Management, Cleansing and Hygiene: Councillor Ed Baxter
Public Works: Councillor Tony Devenish
Transformation: Councillor Rachael Robathan
Voluntary Sector, Philanthropy, Corporate Social Responsibility: Councillor Christabel Flight
Corporate Property: Councillor Harvey Marshall
Housing Policy and Resident Services: Councillor Frixos Tomblis
Parking Operations: Councillor Heather Acton
IT/ICT: Councillor David Harvey
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