Agenda

Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am three working days before the meeting, ask a question on an item on the agenda.

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time.

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Requests to speak must be submitted no later than 9am three working days before the meeting.

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To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 11 May 2026* and 21 May 2026** and for the Chair to sign them as a correct record.

*Please note that Councillor Leffman, as Chair of the meeting on 11 May 2026, has indicated her approval that the minutes are an accurate record.

**Please note that Councillor Fawcett, as Chair of the meeting on 21 May 2026, has indicated his approval that the minutes are an accurate record.

Cabinet Member: Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/195

Non-Key Decision

Contact: Emily Schofield, Head of Public Affairs and Strategy (Emily.Schofield@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Law and Governance & Monitoring Officer (CMDL5). 

To consider the proposed introduction of a Deputy Cabinet Member for Strategic Plan Delivery. The role would provide additional political capacity to support delivery of agreed Strategic Plan priorities and forward planning of Cabinet business. It would be non-statutory and advisory, with no executive decision-making powers or delegated authority.

The Leader is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Agree the proposed model for introducing a Deputy Cabinet Member for Strategic Plan Delivery and any subsequent Deputy Cabinet Member roles.

b)   Confirm that a Deputy Cabinet Member role is non-statutory, advisory and delivery-focused, with no delegated decision-making powers.

c)    Agree the governance safeguards, role description, refreshed Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check requirement and communications approach set out in this report before implementation.

d)   Agree the Role Profile for the Deputy Cabinet Member for Strategic Plan Delivery Role attached as Annex 1 to this report.

e)    Request the Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer to update the Council’s Constitution using their delegation from Council to reflect the Leader’s power to appoint to Deputy Cabinet Member roles and to include the role of a Deputy Cabinet Member within the executive arrangements and to report this change to Council.