Councillor Sean Gaul

...to mitigate the impact of the Botley Road closure and the resulting delay in implementing the trial traffic filters, officers were authorized to consult on a temporary congestion charging scheme, develop minor traffic mitigation schemes, and create an income spending strategy focused on reducing bus travel costs.

... the Cabinet endorsed recommendations to update Home to School Travel & Transport Policy 2025/26 for Reception to Year 11 and agreed to adopt the proposed Post 16 Transport Policy Statement Academic Year 2026/27, maintaining existing support levels by not introducing a contribution charge for eligible students.

...to note the Cabinet's responses to scrutiny reports regarding streetworks management and the Local Area Partnership SEND update, approving the recommendations with some partial acceptance and proposed actions.

... the Cabinet of Oxfordshire approved the recommendations to note the Business Management & Monitoring Report, Annual Report, and Provisional Revenue Outturn for 2024/25, add the £1.8m underspend against budgeted funding for investments in 2024/25 to the Budget Priorities reserve for use in 2025/26, carry forward the £1.2m 2024/25 On-Street Parking Account surplus to 2025/26, and use one-off funding from General Balances to support Innovate Oxfordshire (£0.5m) and the Business and Intellectual Property Centre (£0.1m).

...to approve the minutes of the meetings held on 20 March and 22 April 2025 as a correct record.