Cabinet members

Councillor Bob Cook

Leader of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 

Portfolio

• Combined Authority
• Regional/Sub Regional Economic Growth
• Rail North
• 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/TVU and the broader strategic economic growth agenda;
• To agree and present Forward Plans to Cabinet/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
• Family Poverty
• City Deal
• Communications - including social media
• Corporate Management and Finance as follows:-
• Finance
• ICT
• Taxation
• Risk Management
• Asset Management and Capital Strategy
• Procurement
• Xentrall - Stockton Darlington Partnership
• Central Support Services
• Human Resources
• Efficiency
• Administration
• Legal & Democratic Services
• Youth MPs
• Corporate Governance
• Civic Services
• Standards and Probity
• Policy and Performance 

 
Councillor Lisa Evans

Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Children and Young People

Deputy leader portfolio

• To fulfil the responsibilities of the Leader in the Leader's absence, or when the Leader is otherwise unable to act. 

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 (Shared with Leader)
• School Effectiveness
• Early Years
• Complex Needs
• Special Educational Needs
• Transitions
• Workforce Development
• 14-19 Partnership
• Youth Offending Services
• Representation on relevant Outside Bodies
• Consultee for Officers' delegated decisions
• Attendance for opening of tenders
• Champion in all related portfolio topic areas

Councillor Steve Nelson

The Cabinet Member for Health, Leisure and Culture

Health, leisure and culture portfolio

• Public Health;
• Healthy Communities
• Health promotion, preventative health and health improvement
• Drugs and alcohol related issues
• Partnerships with Health
• 0-19 Health Services
• Healthy Schools Programme
• School Holiday Enrichment programmes;
• Tackling social isolation and loneliness
• Domestic Abuse
• Arts Strategy
• Libraries
• Museums
• Theatre
• Riverside Festival
• BIFF
• Events
• Parks Strategy (in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport)
• Countryside (in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport)
• 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
• Representation on relevant Outside Bodies
• Consultee for Officers' delegated decisions
• Attendance at the opening of tenders
• Champion in all related portfolio topic areas

 
Councillor Norma Stephenson

The Cabinet Member for Access, Communities and Community Safety

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:
  • BME
  • Travellers
  • Hard to Reach
  • Asylum Seekers
• Rural Policy
• Community Engagement, Consultation
• Community Empowerment
• Access to Services, including Customer First, Customer Relations Management and use of new technology in customer services
• Registrars
• Welfare Rights
• Fair Trade
• Consultee for Officers' delegated decisions
• Attendance at the opening of tenders
• Community Safety
• Community Wardens Service
• Licensing
• Environmental Health
• Trading Standards
• Consumer Advice
• Public Health/Food Safety
• Anti-social Behaviour
• Arson Reduction
• Champion in all related portfolio topic areas
• Representation on relevant Outside Bodies

 
Councillor Nigel Cooke

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Housing

Regeneration and housing portfolio

• Economic Development
• Town Centre Developments
• Town Centre Management
• Regeneration
• Planning
• Building Control
• Markets
• Employment Initiatives
• Tourism
• 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/market renewal
• Adult Education
• Representation on relevant Outside Bodies
• Consultee for Officers' delegated decisions
• Attendance at the opening of tenders
• Champion in all related portfolio topic areas 

Councillor Pauline Beall

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care

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
• Representation on relevant Outside Bodies
• Consultee for Officers' delegated decisions
• Attendance at the opening of tenders
• Champion in all related portfolio topic areas

 
Councillor Clare Besford

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport

Environment and transport portfolio

• Care for Your Area Services:
  • Street Cleansing
  • Refuse Collection
  • Parks Maintenance
  • Grounds Maintenance
  • Horticulture
  • Road and Footpath Repairs
  • Waste Management
  • Recycling
• Parks Strategy (in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Health, Leisure and Culture)
• Countryside Strategy (in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Health, Leisure and Culture)
• Environmental Policy:
  • pollution
  • climate change
  • biodiversity
  • environmental aspects of transport planning
• Emergency Planning (including flood risk management)
• Representation on relevant Outside Bodies
• Consultee for Officers' delegated decisions
• Attendance at the opening of tenders
• Local Transport Plan
• Street Lighting
• Engineering and Transport
• Road Safety
• Traffic Management
• Highways Design, Structures (and Maintenance)
• Champion in all related portfolio topic areas