Steve Bax -  for Surrey

Steve Bax

Conservative Deputy Cabinet Member for Highways

Email: steve.bax@surreycc.gov.uk

Council: Surrey

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Cabinet (Deputy) Select Committee Chairmen and Vice Chairmen's Group

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

37 meetings · Page 6 of 8

Cabinet

Cabinet - Tuesday, 24 September 2024 2.00 pm

The Cabinet noted Surrey County Council's financial position and approved an increase in the maximum value of projects that can be funded by the Your Fund Surrey small projects fund from £50,000 to £100,000. They also agreed to delegate authority to an appropriate Director, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Customer and Communities, to approve awards of up to £100,000 for the Your Fund Surrey large projects fund.

September 24, 2024
Cabinet

Cabinet - Tuesday, 23 July 2024 2.00 pm

Surrey County Council’s Cabinet met on the 23rd of July 2024 and made a number of decisions, including approving plans to let out one of the council’s former offices at Consort House, Redhill, approving the procurement process for a new contract for the delivery of Children’s Community Health Services across Surrey, and approving a new Road Safety Strategy including plans to introduce more 20mph zones across the County.

July 23, 2024
Council

Council - Tuesday, 9 July 2024 10.00 am

Surrey Council met to discuss, among other business, their relationship with the newly elected national government, the provision of special educational needs support, and performance issues with the Council’s highways contractor, Ringway Infrastructure Services. The Council voted, without dissent, to approve the content of the Cabinet meeting on 25 June 2024, the minutes of the meeting on 21 May 2024, and the Scrutiny Annual Report 2023-24. They also approved a plan to update the Member Development Strategy.

July 09, 2024
Cabinet

Cabinet - Tuesday, 25 June 2024 2.00 pm

Surrey County Council's Cabinet met and made a number of decisions relating to strategic partnerships, technology adoption in manufacturing, employment support, youth justice, school places and capital spending on schools.

June 25, 2024
Council

AGM, Council - Tuesday, 21 May 2024 10.00 am

The meeting saw Councillor Saj Hussain and Councillor Tim Hall re-elected unopposed as Chair and Vice-Chair of the council respectively. It also saw the adoption of the scheme of proportionality for the coming year, approval of the appointment of various committees, chairmen and vice-chairmen, as well as the appointment of Michael Coughlin as Interim Head of Paid Service from 3 June 2024 to 18 August 2024. Matthew Woods was also appointed as the independent member of the Audit and Governance Committee for a period of four years.

May 21, 2024

Decisions from Meetings

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Disposal of 33 Rookery Road

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 25 November 2025 2.00 pm - November 25, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Apologies for Absence

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 25 November 2025 2.00 pm - November 25, 2025

Information Only

2026/27 Draft Budget

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 25 November 2025 2.00 pm - November 25, 2025

...to note the 2026/27 Draft Budget, including spending pressures and efficiencies, the £21.3m budget gap, the proposed £277.4m Draft Capital Programme, and the summary of Resident Engagement and next steps.

Recommendations Approved

Surrey Schools And Early Years Funding 2026/27

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 25 November 2025 2.00 pm - November 25, 2025

...to comply with Department for Education regulations and meet statutory deadlines, the Cabinet approved the application to transfer 1% of schools' block funding to support high needs SEND costs, agreed to the general principles for schools funding in 2026/27 recommended by the Schools Forum, agreed to continue additional funding to primary schools with disproportionately high incidence of SEND and those with temporary falls in roll, agreed to the principles of Surrey's early years funding formula for 2026/27, and delegated authority to the Director of Education and Lifelong Learning to approve amendments to the funding rates in the schools and early years funding formulae.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 37

Average per Month: 1.6

Decisions Recorded: 144