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# City of Wolverhampton Council Cabinet Members, Scrutiny and Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs 2025/2026

The Cabinet

The Cabinet comprises the following Councillors. Lead roles are indicated below although it should be noted that these may be shared with the Leader or other Cabinet Members.

## Leader: Thriving City Stephen Simkins

- Our City: Our Plan

- City Partnerships

- West Midlands Combined Authority

- International, national, regional and sub-regional Leadership

- Financial Wellbeing

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## Deputy Leader: City Housing & Assets Steve Evans

Our City: Our Plan – good homes in well-connected neighbourhoods

City Housing Strategy and Housing Policies

City Prevention of Homelessness Strategy

City Housing Needs & Affordable Housing incl. Temporary Accommodation

City Private Housing Services Incl. Enforcement and Civil Penalties

Safer Homes incl. National Residential Building Safety Programme

City Residential Landlord Services – Wolverhampton Homes Arm's Length Management Company

City Residential Landlord Services – Tenant Management Organisations Right to Manage Tenant Organisations and Cooperatives

City Housing Company – WV Living Ltd

City Housing Development Strategy



## Health Wellbeing and Community Obaida Ahmed

Our City: Our Plan – healthy, inclusive communities Preventing Ill Health and reducing Health Inequalities

Starting and developing well

Healthy Life Expectancy

Healthy Ageing

NHS Partnerships

Public Health Commissioning

WV Active

Our City: Our Plan – fulfilled lives for all with quality care for those that

Our City: Our Plan – fulfilled lives for all with quality care for those that need it

Community Engagement

Health and Care integration through the integrated care system, place-based partnership and integrated care partnership

Health and Care reform including the fair cost of care and social care cap government reforms.

Voluntary and Community Sector Partnerships



• Libraries and Community Hubs

• New Communities and Migration

• Community safety and community cohesion

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## Resources Sally Green

Our Money including Medium term financial plannin capital strategy (incl. schools) budget development process treasury management strategy council tax and business rates housing benefits and council tax benefits procurement and Commercialisation Audit and Corporate risk

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## Children, Young People and Education Jacqui Coogan

- Our City: Our Plan – strong families

- Children's Transformation work

- Strategic School place planning

where children grow up well and

(incl. specific funded programmes

- School admissions

- achieve their full potential

and national reform)

- 0-25 Special Educational Needs

- Our City: Our Plan – fulfilled lives

- Youth Offending

and Disability

for all with quality care for those

- Children and young people

- Education inclusion incl. behaviour,

that need it Children's safeguarding

partnership working

attendance, and elected home

incl. prevention of exploitation

- Children and young people's health

- education

- Children in need and in need of

- School governance

- protection

- Health and wellbeing

- Home to school transport

- Children and young people in care

- Children's Services commissioning

- Commercial services to schools

- and care leavers

- Children and Young People's

- Health and wellbeing for schools

- Corporate parenting

- participation and engagement

- Post 16 School Education provision

- Early intervention, prevention and

- Early Years

- Specialist services

- School standards and attainment

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## Adults

## Linda Leach

Our City: Our Plan – fulfilled lives for all with quality care for those that need it

Adult Services Transformation work

Operational Social care provision for adults, older people, learning and physical disabilities, complex needs and mental health including:-

Adult Safeguarding (MASH 24)

AMHP Hub

Carer support (paid and unpaid)

Welfare rights

information, advice and guidance (including

Wolverhampton Information Network)

Better Care Fund

Adult care commissioning and market sustainability

- Quality assurance and monitoring

- Adult user engagement

- Financial Assessments

- CQC inspection framework



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## Jobs and Skills & Opportunities Paula Brookfield

Our City: Our Plan – more local people into good jobs and training

Adult Education

- Further and higher education (incl. Wolverhampton College, training providers and universities)

- Skills and employability including Careers advice, Wolves at Work, Impact and Workbox

- Our City: Our Plan – thriving economy in all parts of the city

- Strategic Planning, incl. Local Plan policy

- Supporting City businesses

Stimulating Inward investment

Economic growth and inclusion partnerships

Delivery and implementation of the Strategic Asset Plan

External relations



External relations, Public Relations and Reputation Management

and Reputation Management

Visitor Experience (Culture and Events)

City Marketing

Our City Our Plan - Our Assets -

Our City Our Plan - Our Assets -

ensuring the city has a fit for purpose asset portfolio to meet current and future needs.

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## City Transport Bhupinder Gakhal

- Our City: Our Plan – climate conscious

- Strategic Transportation

- Operational Transportation incl. highways management and maintenance

- Fleet management

- Passenger Transport

- Sustainability



Delivery of the 2028 climate commitment



• Delivery of the 2041 climate commitment for the city

• Parking Services

## Governance and Digital Jeszemma Howell

· Our City: Our Plan - Fair and Inclusive priority including equalities

· Legal

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- Democratic Services and School Appeals

- Scrutiny

- Emergency Planning, Resilience and business continuity



Our City: Our Plan - Driven by Digital

• Information Governance

• Civic Support (Mayoral and Councillor Support) and Councillor Enquiries

Our City: Our Pian - Driven by Digital

Our Digital including the council's digital and IT service



Our Data including data and analytics

Digital infrastructure and connectivity

Digital Inclusion including digital skills

Digital innovation

· Digital innovatio

Digital Projects

- Corporate Complaints and Feedback

- Digital Projects

- Our People Strategy Incl. HR and

- Customer Services

- Organisation Development

- Registrars

- Health and Safety

- Archives

Opposition

Deputy Leader

Anita Stanley

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## Resident Services Qaiser Azeem

- Waste and Recycling Services

- Public protection and consumer protection

- Grounds maintenance, parks

- Licensing

operations, country parks operations · Bereavements · Markets · Coroner

## Scrutiny Board

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Chair Philip Bateman

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Vice Chair Lamina Lloyd

## Scrutiny Panels

Chair

Jasbir Jaspal

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Ceremonial

Mayor

Paul Singh

Vice Chair

Rashpal Kaur

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Ceremonial Deputy Mayor Wendy Thompson

Adult

## Opposition Leader and Deputy Leader

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Opposition Leader

Celia Hibbert

Chair

Val Evans

Vice Chair

Craig Collingswood

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Chair

Mary Bateman

Vice Chair

Gurbax Kaur

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Vice Chair

Leigh New

## Children, Young People & Education

Chair

Zee Russell

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Health

## Committees

Chair

Tersaim Singh

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Vice Chair

Lovinyer Daley

Chair

Ben Evans

## Resources & Equality

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Audit and Risk

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Chair

Barbara McGarrity

## Economy & Growth

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Chair

Jacqui Sweetman

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Vice Chair

Iqra Tahir

Vice Chair

Muhammad Nasim

## Climate Change, Housing & Communities

## Governance & Ethics

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Chair Alan Butt

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Vice Chair

Jenny Cockayne

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Vice Chair

Harbinder Singh

Licencing

Pensions

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Chair

Paul Sweet

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Vice Chair

Rob Siarciewicz

Planning