Kingston upon Thames Committees

People Committee

Recent meetings

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10 Mar 2026

7:30 pm

People Committee - Tuesday 10 March 2026 7:30 pm

The People Committee of Kingston Council was scheduled to discuss a range of important matters concerning the borough's residents, with a particular focus on the delivery of health, social care, and education services. Key agenda items included the approval...

03 Feb 2026

7:30 pm

People Committee - Tuesday, 3 February 2026 - 7:30 pm

The People Committee of Kingston upon Thames Council met on Tuesday 3 February 2026 to discuss the council's Medium Term Financial Strategy and detailed budget for 2026/27, as well as school admission arrangements for community schools for the 2027/28 acade...

11 Nov 2025

People Committee - Tuesday 11 November 2025 7:30 pm

The People Committee of Kingston upon Thames Council met on Tuesday 11 November 2025, approving recommendations on school place planning, the annual reports from Achieving for Children, and the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment. The committee endorsed the fi...

23 Sep 2025

People Committee - Tuesday 23 September 2025 7:30 pm, NEW

The Kingston upon Thames Council's People Committee convened to discuss several key issues affecting the borough's residents. The committee approved an uplift and extension to the adult carer support contract, noted progress with implementing the SEND Futur...

17 Jun 2025

People Committee - Tuesday 17 June 2025 7:30 pm

The People Committee convened to discuss several key issues, including an update on the SEND Futures plan, the approval of a healthier advertising policy, and the extension of adult social care passenger transport provision. Councillors also reviewed and ap...

About

To be responsible for the following functions:  

·         Achieving for Children (AfC) Commissioning

·         0-19 Education including Schools and School Place Planning

·         Special Educational Needs & Disabilities incl the SEND Transformation Plan

·         Children's Centre

·         Alternative Education Provision

·         Adult Education

·         Youth Service

·         Adults & Childrens Safeguarding

·         Looked After Children & Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

·         Adult Social Care

·         Public Health

·         Mental Health

·         Dementia Nursing Home

·         Recommendations to Council on Schools Budget Estimates & schools Funding Formula

·         Early Years & Prevention

·         Childrens & Adults Health

·         Bereavement Services incl cemeteries & crematoria

·         Registration Services

·         Community Safety

·         Housing functions (incl. homelessness, Community housing, allocations, landlord functions in relation to Council owned housing, housing standards, housing strategy, housing licensing and enforcement)

·         HRA Revenue Account and capital programme

·         Estate Regeneration, including Cambridge Road

·         Private sector housing and leasing   The Committee also has responsibility, in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, to discharge functions insofar as they relate to the ownership of the AfC.

Members

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Diane White · Co-Chair
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Emily Davey · Co-Chair
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Sabah Hamed · Co-Chair
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Andrew Sillett · Member
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Anne Owen · Member
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Helen Grocott · Member
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John Sweeney · Member
Rachel Phillips · Member
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Rowena Bass · Member
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Susan Skipwith · Member
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Tom Reeve · Member
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Yogan Yoganathan · Member
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Yvonne Tracey · Member