Committee details

Cabinet

Purpose of committee

The Cabinet system makes the major decisions about Council services and many others that you use on a day-to-day basis. The cabinet normally meets monthly. Its role is to lead in the preparation of the council's policies and budget, to lead the community planning process and the attainment of best value. The cabinet is made up of the Leader who is chosen by the county council from the majority party, currently Conservative and up to nine other councillors chosen by the Leader. Each cabinet member has an individual area of responsibility also known as his/her portfolio. Find out more about individual portfolios.

All items discussed by Cabinet have to be published in a Forward Plan which is a document that sets out information about key decisions that the council will make in the next four months. The Forward Plan is published every month.

If a matter which is likely to be a key decision has not been included in the Forward Plan then it can be dealt with under General Exception or Special Urgency. When this happens a notice is published on the County Council’s website.

General Exception (GE) and Special Urgency (SU) Notices are published below. Select the relevant link to view the notice.

Date of notice	Cabinet date	Decision	GE	SU
2021
25 March	31 March	Rugeley All Through School		x
2020
08 September	16 September	In-House Children’s Home	x
08 September	16 September	Reconnecting Highways to our Communities	x
08 September	16 September	Street Lighting Invest to Save	x
09 June	17 June	Economic Recovery, Renewal and Transformation Strategy		x
12 May	20 May	Staffordshire County Council’s Response to Coronavirus COVID-19		x
29 April	20 May	Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment	x
14 April	15 April	Care Provider Fee Uplift and Financial Stability Measures 2020/21		x
06 April	15 April	Staffordshire County Councils iCare Campaign	x
10 March	18 March	Street Works Permit		x
2019
13 December	18 December	Contract End / Award		x
02 December	4 December	Sale of former Meadows School site, Biddulph		x
08 April	17 April	Contract for Respite	x
08 April	17 April	Stafford Western Access Route: Award of Construction Contract	x
26 February	06 March	Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership Review – Move to incorporated body	x
12 February	20 February	Authority to enter into contract on behalf of Section 75 Better Care Fund partners for the provision of community equipment	x
2018
31 May	21 June	East Staffordshire Day Service Provision	x
31 May	21 June	Mental Health Social Care Assessment and Case Managent	x
2017
12 December	20 December	John Taylor Free School – Works Funding Agreement	x
7 November	15 November	Better Care Fund - Update	x
7 August	16 August	Entrust Service Delivery Agreement	x
16 February	15 March	Review of the Staffordshire Youth Offending Service	x
2016
30 August	21 September	The Stafford Office Moves Project for the re-location of staff based in the Wedgwood Building, Stafford	x
6 January	20 January	The Future business model for the Shugborough Estate	x
2015
2 April	15 April	The proposed continuation of Partnership Arrangements for Adult Social Care with Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust	x
26 January	18 February	Section 75 and Pooled Budget arrangements in relation to the Better Care Fund	x
2014
9 December	17 December	The Evolution of Integration and the future provision of Adult Social Care Services.	x

Cabinet meetings will also be webcast. View live and archived webcasts.

Membership

Contact information

Support officer: Mike Bradbury. Email: michael.bradbury@staffordshire.gov.uk

Phone: 01785 276133