Give feedback on this pageThe Leader of Denbighshire, Councillor Hugh Evans has confirmed the areas of portfolio responsibilities for his Cabinet Lead Members.
The Cabinet line-up was confirmed earlier this month and each Member has been allocated the following responsibilities:
Leader and Lead Member for Lifelong Learning - Cllr. Hugh Evans (Independent)
Leader Responsibility:- Policy Unit with responsibility for Strategic direction and strategic framework, including Denbighshire’s Vision and Community Strategy; Corporate relationship with the Wales Audit Office; Risk Management; Strategic approach to Collaboration; International Links; Performance of Cabinet Members; Welsh Language; Corporate Communications.
Chair of: Focused Agenda Board and Denbighshire’s Local Service Board; Member of: WLGA Council and Co-ordinating Committee; North Wales Regional Partnership Board.
Lifelong Learning:- Education, School Improvement leading on Estyn and Modernising Education; Chair of Modernising Education Board.
Lead Member for Children’s Services and Dep Lead Member for Lifelong Learning Cllr. Morfudd Jones (Plaid Cymru)
Children and Families Services; Member Local Safeguarding Children Board; Lead Statutory Member for Children and Young People; Member, Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership and Young People’s Partnership; Member, Modernising Education Board; Deputy Lead Member for Lifelong Learning; Education – Partnerships and Inclusion, Leisure Services and Libraries
Lead Member for Communities – Cllr. Sharon Frobisher (Conservative)
Customer Care; Customer Service Centre; One Stop Shops; Communities First; CCTV; Consultation, Complaints and Feedback; Citizen Engagement; Community Safety; Public Protection and Licensing; Emergency Planning; Community Safety Partnership; Voluntary Sector and links with Town and Community Councils; Area Elected Member Groups
Lead Member for Regeneration – Cllr. David Thomas (Labour)
Regeneration, Convergence and EU Funding, International Development Forum; Tourism, Culture, Countryside and Clwydian Range AONB; Biodiversity; Housing Enforcements and Area Renewals; Rhyl Going Forward; Town Strategies.
Member of: North East Wales Spatial Plan Ministerial Group; Mersey Dee Alliance; North Wales Economic Forum; Taith Board
Lead Member for Environment and Sustainable Development Cllr. Eryl Williams (Plaid Cymru)
Sustainable Development; Rural Development Plan; Transport and Infrastructure; Environmental Services; Public Realm; Waste Collection and Disposal; Planning; Local Development Plan.
Member of: Central Wales Plus Regional Partnership Board; Central Wales Spatial Plan Ministerial Group; Taith Board
Lead Member for Finance – Cllr. Julian Thompson-Hill (Conservative)
Efficiency Strategy; Revenues and Benefits; Central Finance Department; Procurement; Member of: Modernising Education Board; Focused Agenda Board and Chair of Capital Strategy Group
Lead Member for Health, Social Care and Well-being Cllr. Pauline Dobb (Conservative)
Adult Social Services increasing demographic pressures; NHS reforms and integration of health/social care services. Housing Services inc. increasing supply of affordable housing; improvement and maintenance of council stock; disabled facilities grants.
Member of Denbighshire Local Health Board and Vice-Chair of Health, Social Care & Wellbeing Partnership Board.
Lead Member for Modernisation and Improvement - Cllr. Paul Marfleet (Independent)
Asset Management; ICT, Workforce Plan; Internal Audit; Corporate Governance; Corporate Project Management; Performance Management including Performance Clinics, Improvement Plan and Business Planning process
Member of: Focused Agenda Board, Capital Strategy Group
Lead Member for Personnel and Business Management - Cllr. Rhiannon Hughes (Independent First)
Personnel, Internal Communication with Staff, Integration of Strategic Plans and Policies and Impact Assessments, Peer Reviews, Equalities, Forward work programme for Cabinet, Cabinet communication, Member Development, Corporate Health and Safety, Information Management and County Clerk’s Department.
Member of : Corporate Health and Safety Committee and Local Joint Consultative Committee