Jessica Lennox - Councillor for Leeds (Cross Gates and Whinmoor)

Councillor Jessica Lennox

Labour Cross Gates and Whinmoor

Email: jessica.lennox@leeds.gov.uk

Council: Leeds

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Development Plan Panel (Committee Member) Leeds Housing Board (Chair) Employment Committee (Committee Member) Executive Board (Committee Member) General Purposes Committee (Committee Member) Outer East Community Committee (Committee Member) Scrutiny Board (Children and Families) (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

56 meetings · Page 1 of 12

Outer East Community Committee Committee Member

Outer East Community Committee - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 4.00 pm

December 02, 2025
Scrutiny Board (Children and Families) Committee Member

Scrutiny Board (Children and Families) - Tuesday, 25th November, 2025 1.30 pm

November 25, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 1.00 pm

November 12, 2025
Employment Committee Committee Member

Employment Committee - Friday, 7th November, 2025 10.00 am

November 07, 2025
General Purposes Committee Committee Member

General Purposes Committee - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 11.00 am

October 15, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

103 decisions · Page 9 of 21

Creation of Aire Resilience Company Community Interest Company

From: Executive Board - Wednesday, 23rd April, 2025 1.00 pm - April 23, 2025

Noting the recent engineering completion of Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme (LFAS) and the councils ongoing commitment to operate and maintain the scheme for its lifetime, including natural flood management (NFM) measures in the Aire catchment, we are seeking to take a decision to create the Aire Resilience Company CIC.

Recommendations Approved

Receipt of Grant funding linked to Get Britain Working Regional Funding

From: Executive Board - Wednesday, 23rd April, 2025 1.00 pm - April 23, 2025

The Get Britain Working White Paper details a locally led approach to supporting people with health conditions gain meaningful employment and prevent people from falling out of work.  It includes details on funding streams which will be awarded to the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA).    A proportion of this funding will be used to fund the five West Yorkshire Local Authorities to deliver or commission locally led provision.   Executive Board is asked to:   A) Delegate authority to Director of City Development to enter into an agreement with WYCA to accept funding linked to delivery of the Work and Health  plan in Leeds for activity from 1st April 2025 (subject to CA approval.)   B) Endorse the proposed approach to spend of the funding as detailed in the report.   C) Delegate authority to Director of City Development to accept any other funding from WYCA associated with the Work and Health Agenda, and to progress any associated programme design/implementation including spend.   D) Note that the Head of Employment and Skills will be responsible for the implementation and delivery of the programme from April 2025 to March 2026.    

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 56

Average per Month: 2.8

Decisions Recorded: 103