Ben Evans - Cllr for Gloucestershire

Cllr Ben Evans

Liberal Democrat Cabinet Member for Children's Safeguarding & Care

Email: ben.evans@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Council: Gloucestershire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) County Council (Committee Member) Pension Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member) Appointments Committee Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee Traffic Regulation Committee Constitution Committee (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

45 meetings · Page 1 of 9

Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am

The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to consider a range of financial and strategic matters, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy and the Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Innovation Strategy. The meeting agenda also included discussions on the use of the Dedicated Schools Grant, the adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and various operational and asset management plans.

January 28, 2026, 10:00 am
Constitution Committee Committee Member

Constitution Committee - Monday 19 January 2026 2.00 pm

The Constitution Committee of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to discuss proposed changes to the council's constitution, including amendments to the terms of reference for the Pensions Committee and the handling of council questions. The committee was also set to consider proposed changes relating to the Appeals Committee and associated procedures for senior officers.

January 19, 2026, 2:00 pm
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board Committee Member

Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 13 January 2026 3.52 pm

January 13, 2026, 3:52 pm
Pension Committee Committee Member

Pension Committee - Thursday 4 December 2025 10.00 am

The agenda for the Pension Committee meeting included a business update on the Gloucestershire Pension Fund [^2], covering governance, operations, funding and investment. The committee was also scheduled to note the draft minutes of the Pension Board meeting held on 23 October 2025.

December 04, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am

The Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet met on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, and agreed to put the draft budget for 2026/27 out for public consultation. They also approved plans for a new fire and rescue service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing at the Coombe Hill site, and agreed to extend several contracts for services including household recycling, fostering and residential care.

December 03, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Procurement and Award of Contracts for the Bus Shelter Advertising and Maintenance Contract

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025

...to delegate authority for a competitive procurement process and subsequent award of a concession contract, lasting up to 20 years, for the supply, installation, maintenance, and advertising on bus shelters and free-standing units within Gloucestershire.

Recommendations Approved

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: Proposed arrangements to increase capacity to manage applications

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025

...to approve spending up to £1,000,000 and delegate authority for a competitive procurement process to increase capacity for managing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications.

Recommendations Approved

Adults Improvement Partner

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025

...to support the delivery of Gloucestershire County Council's Adult Social Care transformation programme, the Cabinet approved the procurement of an external improvement partner for consultancy services via a competitive process and delegated authority to award the contract to the preferred tenderer after reviewing a financial case and benefits realisation plan.

Recommendations Approved

Highways Major Projects Construction Framework

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025

...authority was delegated to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment & Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Highways, to procure a four-year multi-supplier framework agreement for highway construction services, divided into Highways Schemes and Structures and Geotechnical Schemes lots, with up to eight preferred tenderers per lot selected based on quality, financial, and social value criteria.

Recommendations Approved

Supply of temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts – contract extension

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025

...to extend the contract with Comensura Ltd for the provision of temporary agency staff and permanent recruitment for hard-to-fill roles for two additional one-year periods and to increase the contract value by £31 million to accommodate a higher-than-anticipated demand.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 45

Average per Month: 1.9

Decisions Recorded: 54