Councillor Saghir Alam
Title: Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, Community Safety and Finance
Party: Labour
Political grouping: Labour
Ward: Boston Castle
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More information about this councillor
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Surgeries are held
First Wednesday 6-7pm Broom Valley Club Room
Second Friday Nominated Street Surgery in Boston Castle District
Third Wednesday 6-7pm Wellgate Community Hub
Fourth Friday Nominated Street Surgery in Boston Castle District.
Please note that due to the borough’s all out elections in May, Friday the 26th of April will be the final surgery taking place during my current term of office. The new term of office following the elections is from May 2024 to May 2028 and any future surgeries will be advertised in due course.
Contact information
Correspondence address:
c/o Rotherham Town Hall
Moorgate Street
Rotherham
S60 2TH
Bus. phone: 01709 255959
Email: saghir.alam@rotherham.gov.uk
Responsibilities
Committee appointments
- Cabinet
- Cabinet and Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting (during Government Intervention - 18 January 2016 to 23 September 2018)
- Council Meeting
- Emergency Planning Shared Services Joint Committee (Rotherham and Sheffield)Rotherham Borough Council
- Rotherham Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)
- Staffing Committee (Chair)
- Transportation Advisory Group
Terms of Office
- 08/05/2015 - 05/05/2016
- 06/05/2016 - 06/05/2021
- 06/05/2021 -
Appointments to outside bodies
- Emergency Planning Shared Services Joint Committee Rotherham Sheffield
- Local Government Association - Sigoma - Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities
- Rotherham SACRE
- Rotherham Together Partnership - Board
- Yorkshire and Humber (Local Authorities) Employers' Association
- Yorkshire and Humber Elected Member Prevent Champion's Network
Additional Information
Cabinet Member Corporate Services, Community Safety and Finance – Councillor Saghir Alam
Councillor Alam has a legal and business background. He was born in Rotherham and lives with his family. He was elected in 2015 and appointed as Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Finance.
He has experience in public sector leadership and governance both at local and national level.
In the past Councillor Alam served three terms as a Disability Rights Commissioner. He was Lead Commissioner working with Public Sector and Local Government Association andStatutory Committee Member of Equality and Human Rights Commission Leading on Safety and Security and Building a fairer Britain for all.
Councillor Alam was a Member of Equality 2025 advising Ministers and Senior Government Officials on public policy in Whitehall. He has served as a Non–Executive Director of the Rotherham NHS Hospital, a Lay Advisor to the National Police Improvement Agency and Expert Member of the Youth Citizen Commission. He was member of Lord Chancellor’s Consultative Committee. He served as Independent Governor at Westminster Foundation for Democracy appointed by Foreign Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
He has been Patron of Include Me Too, a national organisation that works with children and families and Rotherham Advocacy Partnership.
In 2006 Councillor Alam was awarded an OBE for public service.
Areas of responsibility include:
· Emergency Planning
· Day to day work on financial activity (support the Leader in development of the Budget and Capital Strategy)
· ICT (new ways of working)
· Internal Audit and Risk Management
· Chair of Safer Rotherham Partnership
· Community Safety, Crime Reduction and Anti-Social Behaviour Strategies
· Legal and Registrar Services
· Human Resources
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ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL |
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SUMMARY OF MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES AND |
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EXPENSES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 |
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Councillor |
Basic |
Special Responsibility Allowance |
Travel |
Co-optees Allowance |
Total |
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Alam S |
11,471.04 |
12,924.96 |
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24,396.00 |
News
Working with you to help build communities that we can all take pride in has always been a priority for the Council.
We value the contributions that people make within their local area, through volunteering and getting involved in decision making, to really make a difference for everyone who lives there. By building on the work we've already done together we can continue to find new ways to meet the challenges facing Rotherham.
Further information regarding the Boston Castle ward can be found on the Council’s website.