Mark Jackson - Councillor for Lewisham ( Grove Park)

Councillor Mark Jackson

 Labour Party  Grove Park

Email: Mark.Jackson@lewisham.gov.uk

Council: Lewisham

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Chair) Appointments Committee (Committee Member) Licensing Committee Grove Park Assembly Public Accounts Select Committee (ex-Officio) Healthier Communities Select Committee (ex-Officio) Planning Committee B (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Call-In) Mayor and Cabinet Sustainable Development Select Committee Improving Scrutiny Task and Finish Group Children and Young People Select Committee (ex-Officio) Housing Select Committee Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

76 meetings · Page 1 of 16

Appointments Committee Committee Member

Appointments Committee - Friday, 19th December, 2025 9.30 am

December 19, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chair

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 16, 2025
Appointments Committee Committee Member

Appointments Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 9.30 am

The Lewisham Council Appointments Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 26 November 2025 to elect a chair and appoint a Director of Housing Strategy. The committee will also review the minutes from previous meetings and consider any declarations of interest. Finally, the committee will consider a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting.

November 26, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 7.30 pm

The Council of Lewisham was scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, to discuss the statement of accounts for 2024-25, consider several motions, and address questions from both the public and council members.

November 26, 2025
Public Accounts Select Committee ex-Officio

Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm

The Public Accounts Select Committee met to discuss the council's financial performance, income collection strategies, and risk management. Councillors reviewed the period six monthly monitoring report, focusing on areas of overspend and potential risks, and they also discussed strategies for improving income collection and managing corporate resources risks. The committee agreed to note the reports presented, and decided against making a recommendation to Mayor and Cabinet regarding the council tax collection rate target, pending further review.

November 20, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

150 decisions · Page 10 of 30

Minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2025

From: Healthier Communities Select Committee - Thursday, 5th June, 2025 7.00 pm - June 05, 2025

...the committee agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2025 be approved as an accurate record of proceedings, encouraged the Council and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to collaborate on raising awareness of healthcare entitlements in migrant communities, recommended cultural competency training for all Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust staff, noted a report on Lewisham's Learning Disabilities Implementation Plan, suggested a site visit to Heather Close and further updates on the Lewisham Neighbourhood 2 Adult Community Mental Health Pilot & VCSE Procurement Cooperative for the 2025-26 work programme, recommended that the Mayor and Cabinet consider how the Council can work collaboratively with SLaM, SEL ICS and other health partners, to improve mental health services in the borough- including the delivery of this pilot project, and noted the completed work programme for 2024-25 and suggestions for the 2025-26 work programme.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 76

Average per Month: 3.8

Decisions Recorded: 150