Councillor Matt Cooper
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
35 meetings · Page 5 of 7
Audit and Corporate Governance Committee - Thursday, 20th February, 2025 7.00 pm
The Audit and Corporate Governance Committee's meeting on Thursday 20 February 2025 included a wide-ranging discussion of the Council's financial affairs including the adoption of its Statement of Accounts, its Pay Policy Statement and the Members' Allowances Scheme. It also reviewed the audited accounts of Camden Living and Camden Learning, two companies in which the Council has a financial stake. The Committee also considered the Annual Governance Statement and the External Auditor's Annual Report.
Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 14th January, 2025 6.30 pm
This meeting was about the performance of services for children in care in Camden. The committee was provided with an annual report on the performance of the Corporate Parenting Service and its key priorities for the year ahead. There was also a report on the experiences of the 'Virtual School' for children in care, and a progress update on the recommendations made by young people in 2023 about their experiences of social care meetings. A report on Camden’s interconnected programmes of work for supporting families with children of all ages was also provided. Finally, the committee was also asked to note their work programme for the year.
Extraordinary meeting, Council - Monday, 20th January, 2025 6.00 pm
This meeting was called following a request by five councillors to discuss the Housing Ombudsman Service's recent report on Camden Council. The Ombudsman's report is highly critical of Camden's Housing Repairs service. It makes a series of recommendations on how the service can be improved.
Council - Monday, 20th January, 2025 7.00 pm
This meeting was the first of 2025 for the full Council of Camden Council. It was scheduled to include a petition presented by the Camden Palestine Solidarity Campaign, a themed debate about how Camden Council works with partners and institutions, an update on the Council’s response to the Government’s consultation on the 10 Year Health Plan for England, a report on the proposed Council Tax Support scheme, the proposed Contract Standing Orders, the Council Tax and Business rates bases, and the responses to written questions submitted by Councillors for the previous Council meeting.
Decisions from Meetings
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Procurement strategy for Enforcement Agent services for the recovery of road traffic and parking debt
From: Licensing Panel D - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 31, 2025
...to approve a procurement strategy for Enforcement Agent services for the recovery of road traffic and parking debt, awarding contracts based on 100% quality and social value for a four-year term with a break clause after two years, estimating an aggregate value of £4.8 million.
Recommendations Approved
Design and Delivery of the Children and Young People's Equitable Service Programme
From: Licensing Panel D - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 31, 2025
...to note the requirements of the second phase of the Children and Young People’s Equitable Services Programme and to award a £50,000 grant to the existing Health Equity Specialist for specialist programme management, including design and delivery support.
Recommendations Approved
Cooperative Councils' Innovation Network
From: Licensing Panel D - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 31, 2025
...to join the Co-Operative Councils Innovation Network as a full member.
Recommendations Approved
Award of additional stop smoking grant
From: Licensing Panel D - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 31, 2025
...the award of the Local Stop Smoking Services Additional Support Grant for 2025/26 to Camden and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, providing the Breathe community stop smoking service, was approved, totaling £234,819.
Recommendations Approved
Central London Forward (CLF) Youth Guarantee Trailblazer grant funding agreement
From: Licensing Panel D - Thursday, 31st July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 31, 2025
... to approve the grant funding agreement with the Greater London Authority for the Central London Forward Youth Guarantee Trailblazer and the corresponding funding agreements with the 11 participating boroughs, enabling Camden to act as the lead administrative authority and distribute the £4,972,200 grant.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 35
Average per Month: 1.6
Decisions Recorded: 9