Mayor Jason Perry -  for Croydon

Mayor Jason Perry

 Conservative  Executive Mayor

Email: mayor@croydon.gov.uk

Council: Croydon

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Appointments & Disciplinary Committee (Chair) Council (Committee Member) Cabinet (Chair) Scrutiny Streets & Environment Sub-Committee Scrutiny & Overview Committee (Guest) Civic Mayoralty & Honorary Freedom Selection Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday, 10th December, 2025 6.30 pm

The Croydon Council is scheduled to meet on 10 December 2025 to discuss a range of issues, including the approval of the Youth Justice Plan 2025-26, the Equality Strategy 2023-27 annual report, and a proposal to increase members' allowances. The council will also consider a motion supporting fair funding for Croydon.

December 10, 2025
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Wednesday, 3rd December, 2025 6.30 pm

At a meeting of Croydon Council's cabinet, the allocation of funds for transport projects and potential new conservation areas were among the key items discussed and approved, while updates were presented on environmental enforcement and the council's financial performance. The cabinet also agreed to move to quarterly financial performance reports, with a summary published in the intervening months.

December 03, 2025
Appointments & Disciplinary Committee Chair

Appointments & Disciplinary Committee - Monday, 1st December, 2025 2.30 pm, NEW

The Appointments & Disciplinary Committee met to discuss the recommendation to appoint an interim chief executive, as well as to agree the minutes of previous meetings. The recommendation was for Elaine Jackson, the substantive Assistant Chief Executive, to be appointed as Interim Chief Executive for a period of 12 months. The agenda also included agreement of the minutes of previous meetings.

December 01, 2025
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Wednesday, 19th November, 2025 6.30 pm

The Croydon Council cabinet met to discuss the 2026-30 medium term financial strategy, safeguarding, social care, housing and financial performance, and agreed to implement recommendations regarding scrutiny, safeguarding, social work and housing. The cabinet approved recommendations to keep the Council Tax Support scheme unchanged, and to review it in 2026-27. They also approved the Regina Road regeneration project, and noted progress on the housing strategy.

November 19, 2025
Appointments & Disciplinary Committee Chair

Appointments & Disciplinary Committee - Wednesday, 29th October, 2025 10.00 am, NEW

The Appointments & Disciplinary Committee of Croydon Council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 29 October 2025. The meeting will include interviewing shortlisted candidates for the position of Director of Streets and Environment. Due to the confidential nature of the interviews, the meeting is expected to move into a private session.

October 29, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman Decision Finding of Fault Causing Injustice and Actions to prevent re-occurrence

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 6.30 pm - October 15, 2025

On the 27th June, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) service issued a public report under the Local Government Act 1974 s30(1)) in respect of significant stress and upset caused to an applicant (to be known as Mr Y and his two sisters X and Z) as a result of the failure of the Housing Needs Service to properly administer a homelessness application submitted by Mr Y.   The purpose of this report is to advise Cabinet of the LGSCO findings and recommendations, and to set out the actions taken to date and that the service propose to take to address the issues identified in the report. 1.3 The report also emphasises the full apology made to Mr Y and his sisters (Ms X and Z) for the stress and injustice this poor service caused.

Recommendations Approved

STAGE 1: RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM SCRUTINY

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 6.30 pm - October 15, 2025

...to receive recommendations from the Scrutiny & Overview Committee meeting on 22 July 2025 and provide a substantive response at the Cabinet meeting on 3 December 2025.

Recommendations Approved

Croydon Companies Supervision and Monitoring Panel - Update Report

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 6.30 pm - October 15, 2025

1.1 The report provides an update to Cabinet from the Croydon Companies Supervision and Monitoring Panel (CCSMP), established by Cabinet on 26 July 2021, as a response to the governance failings identified in Grant Thornton’s Report in the Public Interest, issued in October 2020. The Council had created a series of complicated company structures but did not have the right control or oversight in place to ensure the effective management of them. This had led to a situation where relationships were not understood, and regulatory failings resulted in the strike-off of one of the Council’s subsidiaries.   1.2 Amongst the recommendations accepted by Cabinet on 26 July 2021 was a requirement that the Council review arrangements to govern its interest in subsidiaries and ultimately ensure the Council’s and taxpayers’ interests are safeguarded. The work of the panel ensures that the Council’s strategic objectives are met, the financial impact of Council companies is understood, and regulatory failings such as strike offs are avoided. 1.3 The report provides an update on the status of Council companies that exist but excludes Brick by Brick (Croydon) Limited.   1.3 This is monitored in accordance with the powers delegated by the Cabinet to the Corporate Director of Resources, in consultation with the Executive Mayor, at the meeting held on 14 February 2024.

Recommendations Approved

2025-26 Period 3 Financial Performance Report

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 6.30 pm - October 15, 2025

...to note the Period 3 financial performance for 2025-26, including a forecast £21.8m underspend in the General Fund, a breakeven position for the Housing Revenue Account, and approval of changes to the capital programme resulting in a net budget decrease of £6.035m, as well as the removal of two financial performance reports from the Cabinet reporting cycle.

Recommendations Approved

Scrutiny Stage 2 Responses to Recommendations arising from: Children & Young People Sub-Committee on 18 March 2025, the Scrutiny & Overview Committee on 25 March 2025 and the Streets & Environment Sub-Committee on 1 April 2025

From: Cabinet - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 6.30 pm - September 24, 2025

...to approve responses and action plans related to scrutiny recommendations from the Children & Young People Sub-Committee, the Scrutiny & Overview Committee, and the Streets & Environment Sub-Committee, and to delegate authority to identified officers to report back on the progress of implementing those plans.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 51

Average per Month: 2.6

Decisions Recorded: 108