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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