Decision details

Resolved that :

1.    The Connect to Work Business Justification Case, which notes £5.72m of funding through Year 1 of the Integrated Settlement be approved;

2.    Authority be delegated for decisions regarding onward funding, commissioning, monitoring and programme level oversight to the Director of Employment, Skills, Health and Communities in conjunction with the WMCA S.73 Officer and Director of Law, Governance and Audit be agreed;

3.    The breakdown of financial allocations at a Local Authority level agreed through the WMCA Directors of Employment and Skills Group be noted;

4.    The Integrated Settlement funding secured approval at the WMCA Board on 14 March 2025 be noted and

5.    The funding supports delivery of the Adult Skills and Employment Functional Strategy also presented and agreed by the WMCA Board at is meeting on 14 March 2025 be noted.