Ben Evans - Cllr for Gloucestershire

Cllr Ben Evans

Liberal Democrat Cabinet Member for Children's Safeguarding & Care

Email: ben.evans@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Council: Gloucestershire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) County Council (Committee Member) Pension Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member) Appointments Committee Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee Traffic Regulation Committee Constitution Committee (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am

The Cabinet of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to consider a range of financial and strategic matters, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy and the Digital Infrastructure, Inclusion, and Innovation Strategy. The meeting agenda also included discussions on the use of the Dedicated Schools Grant, the adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and various operational and asset management plans.

January 28, 2026, 10:00 am
Constitution Committee Committee Member

Constitution Committee - Monday 19 January 2026 2.00 pm

The Constitution Committee of Gloucestershire Council was scheduled to discuss proposed changes to the council's constitution, including amendments to the terms of reference for the Pensions Committee and the handling of council questions. The committee was also set to consider proposed changes relating to the Appeals Committee and associated procedures for senior officers.

January 19, 2026, 2:00 pm
Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board Committee Member

Gloucestershire Health & Wellbeing Board - Tuesday 13 January 2026 3.52 pm

January 13, 2026, 3:52 pm
Pension Committee Committee Member

Pension Committee - Thursday 4 December 2025 10.00 am

The agenda for the Pension Committee meeting included a business update on the Gloucestershire Pension Fund [^2], covering governance, operations, funding and investment. The committee was also scheduled to note the draft minutes of the Pension Board meeting held on 23 October 2025.

December 04, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am

The Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet met on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, and agreed to put the draft budget for 2026/27 out for public consultation. They also approved plans for a new fire and rescue service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing at the Coombe Hill site, and agreed to extend several contracts for services including household recycling, fostering and residential care.

December 03, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Development of the Coombe Hill Site

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025

... to approve the development of the Coombe Hill site to include a new Fire and Rescue Service training facility, highways depot, care home, and residential housing, along with associated financial and procedural approvals.

Recommendations Approved

Holiday Activity and Food Programme 2026-28

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025

...to approve the acceptance of a grant award from the Department for Education and procure a contract for the continued supply and delivery of the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme for the period of April 2026-March 2029, subject to receiving a grant determination letter confirming £1,655,070 per annum of funding.

Recommendations Approved

Extension of Household Recycling Centre contract with Ubico

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025

...authority was delegated to the Executive Director for Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet lead for Nature, Climate and Waste Reduction, to extend the council's contract with Ubico Ltd for Household Recycling Centre Management Services for two years, commencing August 7th, 2026.

Recommendations Approved

Finance, Performance and Risk Monitoring Report

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025

...the Cabinet noted the Quarter 2 forecast for the 2025/26 Revenue and Capital Budgets, approved a £2.668 million underspend, a £63.019 million use of reserves, £24.985 million in savings, a £32.263 million reprofiling of the capital budget, and £2.230 million in funding changes, and noted the Council's performance and risks.

Recommendations Approved

Procurement of minor frameworks for servicing, maintenance, repair and capital works

From: Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am - December 03, 2025

...authority was delegated to the Assistant Director - Asset Management and Property Services, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance, Assets and Transformation, to conduct a competitive procurement process for three new four-year multi-supplier framework agreements for statutory servicing, minor responsive and reactive works, and medium size capital maintenance and project works, and to appoint preferred tenderers and award call-off contracts under these agreements.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 45

Average per Month: 1.9

Decisions Recorded: 54