Councillor Chris Barnham
Email: chris.barnham@lewisham.gov.uk
Council: Lewisham
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
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Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm
This meeting was a broad overview of Children and Young People services in Lewisham. It considered reports on the performance of services for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), the performance of children's social care and Lewisham's Safeguarding Children Partnership, as well as looking at what Lewisham's young people are doing after the age of 16. Please note, this summary only reflects what was scheduled to be discussed in the meeting, and does not describe any of the discussions or decisions that were actually made.
Council - Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025 7.30 pm
The Council approved the Statement of Accounts 2023/24 and Annual Report 2023/24. The Council also approved a number of amendments to the Council’s Constitution and, as part of its statutory duty, approved changes to the polling scheme for elections and referendums. Finally, the Council adopted a motion declaring Lewisham a “Right to Food Borough”.
Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 4th December, 2024 6.00 pm
The meeting included discussion of a variety of topics, including the adoption of a new Economic Development Strategy for Lewisham, procurement of a new framework for the provision of supported living services, a review of the Sustainable Streets schemes that have been implemented in Catford and Crofton Park and how to reduce the budget gap for 2025/26.
Council - Wednesday, 27th November, 2024 7.30 pm
The most recent meeting of the full Council of Lewisham Council included a motion affirming the commitment of the Labour Group to addressing the climate emergency and included a review of the activities of the council's Overview and Scrutiny committees. The meeting also included discussion of whether the basic allowance paid to councillors should be increased.
Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 21st November, 2024 7.00 pm
The agenda for this meeting was for the committee to note a number of reports on the performance of the council's Children and Young People’s Services, as well as for them to consider the council's proposed budget reductions.
Decisions from Meetings
157 decisions · Page 1 of 32
Statement of Accounts 2024-25
From: Council - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 26, 2025
... to note the contents of the report, approve agreed audit adjustments to the 2024/25 Statement of Accounts and Pension Fund Accounts, approve delegation to the Section 151 Officer to agree changes to audit adjustments, the final Statement of Accounts for publication, and changes to the Auditor’s Annual Report, and note the management representation letters and the Auditor’s Annual Report.
Recommendations Approved
Declarations of interest
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to note that no declarations of interest were made at the meeting.
Recommendations Approved
Income Collection
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to note the Income Collection update.
Recommendations Approved
Corporate Resources Risk Register
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to note the Corporate Resources Directorate Risk Register and to discuss integrating it into the Committee's future work programme.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes of previous meeting
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record, with the amendment to include Councillor Millbank in the list of members present.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 43
Average per Month: 2.3
Decisions Recorded: 157