Cllr Paul McLain

 Conservative  Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding

Email: paul.mclain@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Council: Gloucestershire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet (Committee Member) County Council Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Audit and Governance Committee Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

23 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Thursday 9 January 2025 2.00 pm

The Cabinet of Gloucestershire County Council met on Thursday 9 January 2025 and endorsed the Leader's response to the English Devolution White Paper, committing to local government reorganisation and devolution for Gloucestershire, and requesting a postponement of county council elections. The Cabinet also approved a draft budget for consultation, which includes a 4.99% Council Tax increase, and made decisions on various operational and strategic matters including waste haulage contracts, fire service duty systems, and IT system consolidation.

January 01, 2026
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board

Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 25 March 2025 1.30 pm

March 25, 2025
Cabinet

Cabinet - Thursday 20 March 2025 10.00 am

March 20, 2025
County Council

County Council - Wednesday 12 March 2025 10.00 am

March 12, 2025
Cabinet

Cabinet - Wednesday 5 March 2025 10.00 am

March 05, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

32 decisions · Page 5 of 7

Holiday Activity and Food Programme 2025-26

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 29 January 2025 10.00 am - January 29, 2025

...to approve the extension of the Holiday Activity and Food Programme's existing framework agreement, allocate funding received from the Department for Education, and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Children’s Services to manage contract extensions and conduct mini-competition processes for program delivery.

Recommendations Approved

Financial Monitoring Report 2024/25

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 29 January 2025 10.00 am - January 29, 2025

...to note the financial monitoring report for 2024/25, including a forecast underspend, the use of reserves, the creation of a new reserve, the carry-forward of contingency funds, savings delivery, capital expenditure, changes to the capital programme, and prudential indicator monitoring.

Recommendations Approved

Use of Dedicated Schools Grant 2025/26

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 29 January 2025 10.00 am - January 29, 2025

...to approve the distribution and use of the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2025/26, as outlined in paragraphs 80-86 of the report, subject to final approval at the Council budget meeting on February 21, 2025.

Recommendations Approved

English Devolution White Paper

From: Cabinet - Thursday 9 January 2025 2.00 pm - January 01, 2026

...to endorse the Leader's response to the Minister of State, committing to local government reorganisation and devolution for Gloucestershire, and delegating authority for further amendments to the response.

Recommendations Approved

Draft 2025/26 - 2028/29 Budget for Consultation

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 4 December 2024 10.00 am - December 04, 2024

...to approve the draft revenue, capital, and Dedicated Schools Grant budgets for 2025/26-2028/29 for consultation and scrutiny, including a public consultation period from December 5th, 2024, to January 10th, 2025.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 23

Average per Month: 1.0

Decisions Recorded: 32