Cabinet members

Councillor Lisa Evans

Leader of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Portfolio

• Tees Valley Combined Authority
• regional and sub regional economic growth
• agreement of business to be covered by and chairing of the Cabinet
• responsibility for items of considerable corporate significance which transcend the responsibility of individual Cabinet Members (i.e. budget preparation, preparation of the Medium-Term Financial Plan)
• external partnerships e.g. representative on the Leaders Board and the broader strategic economic growth agenda
• to agree and present Forward Plans to Cabinet and Council
• representation on relevant outside bodies
• consultee for officers' delegated decisions
• business champion, business support
• champion in all related portfolio topic areas
• european inward investment
• transformation programme
• attendance for opening of tenders

Councillor Paul Rowling

Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources and Transport

Portfolio

• communications - including social media
• corporate management and finance as follows:
• finance
• ICT
• taxation
• risk management
• asset management and capital strategy
• procurement
• Xentrall - Stockton and Darlington partnership
• central support services
• human resources
• efficiency
• administration
• legal and democratic services
• corporate governance
• civic services
• standards and probit
• policy and performance 
• registrars
• welfare rights
• fairtrade
• family poverty
• housing and Council Tax benefits
• engineering and transport
• road safety
• traffic management
• highways design, structures and maintenance
• local transport plan
• representation on relevant outside bodies
• consultee for officers' delegated decisions
• attendance for opening of tenders
• champion in all related portfolio topic areas
• deputising in the Leaders absence
• relevant briefings and meetings with the Leader

Councillor Pauline Beall

The Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care

Portfolio

• commissioning and provision of services for adults and older people
• integrated commissioning and provision of services for people with mental health problems and people with learning disabilities
• commissioning and provision of services for people with physical disabilities, including sensory loss and palliative care
• independent living
• tackling social isolation and loneliness
• domestic abuse
• Public Health
• healthy communities
• health promotion, preventative health and health improvement
• drug and alcohol related issues
• family poverty
• representation on relevant outside bodies
• consultee for Officers' delegated decisions
• attendance for opening of tenders
• champion in all related portfolio topic areas

Councillor Norma Stephenson

The Cabinet Member for Access, Communities and Community Safety

Portfolio

• liaison with neighbourhood bodies:
  • locality forums
  • town and parish councils
  • wards
  • Voluntary Community & Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE)
• community cohesion and equality:
  • black and minority ethnic (BME)
  • travellers
  • hard to reach
  • asylum seekers 
• community engagement and consultation
• community empowerment
• access to services, including Customer First, Customer Relations Management and use of new technology in customer services
• community safety
• licensing
• environmental health
• trading standards
• consumer advice
• Public Health and food safety
• anti-social behaviour
• civic enforcement
• selective licensing (in association with Cabinet member for Regeneration and Housing)
• representation on relevant outside bodies
• consultee for officers' delegated decisions
• attendance for opening of tenders
• champion in all related portfolio topic areas

Councillor Nigel Cooke

The Cabinet Member for Environment, Leisure and Culture

Portfolio

• arts strategy
• libraries
• museums
• theatre
• Billingham International Folklore Festival 
• events
• parks strategy
• countryside strategy
• leisure
• sports development
• development of Tees Valley Sports Partnership
• high achievement in sport strategy and policy
• cultural services and strategies
• leisure facilities management
• liaison with Tees Active Trust
• tourism
• Care for Your Area services: 
  • street cleansing
  • refuse collection
  • parks maintenance
  • grounds maintenance
  • horticulture
  • road and footpath repairs
  • waste management
  • recycling
• environmental policy:
  • pollution
  • climate change
  • biodiversity
  • environmental aspects of transport planning
• emergency planning (including flood risk management)
• rural policy
• representation on relevant outside bodies
• consultee for officers' delegated decision
• attendance for opening of tenders
• champion in all related portfolio topic areas

Councillor Clare Besford

The Cabinet Member for Children and Young People

Portfolio

• children and young peoples plan 
• social care assessment and fieldwork
• looked after children and young people leaving care
• integrated youth support
• school holiday enrichment programmes
• youth MPs and Bright Minds Big Futures BMBF (shared with the Leader)
• school effectiveness
• early years
• complex needs
• education
• special educational needs (SEN)
• transitions
• workforce development
• 14-19 partnership
• youth offending services
• domestic abuse
• healthy schools programme
• representation on relevant outside bodies
• consultee for officers' delegated decisions
• attendance for opening of tenders
• champion in all related portfolio topic areas

Councillor Richard Eglington

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Housing

Portfolio

• economic development 
• town centre developments
• town centre management
• regeneration
• planning
• building control
• markets
• employment initiatives
• housing strategy and policy
• homeless advice
• private sector grants
• housing and Council Tax benefits
• housing regeneration
• liaison with Thirteen 
• housing association investment and performance
• right to buy
• home ownership assistance schemes
• Tees Valley Housing and market renewal
• adult education
• selective licensing (in association with Cabinet member for Access, Communities and Community Safety)
• representation on relevant outside bodies
• consultee for officers' delegated decisions
• attendance for opening of tenders
• champion in all related portfolio topic areas