Decision details

The following was approved:

Recommendations 1 & 5 – Majority Vote of the constituent authorities including the Mayor

1. The change request for the JSP Mitigation Outline Business Cases set out in paragraph 4.

Recommendations 2-3 – unanimous decision of the 3 constituent authorities, excluding Mayor

2. The allocation of £100K from the Investment Fund revenue to support the development of a feasibility study to progress the Talent Institutes in consultation with the Chief Executives of the local authorities.

3. The provisional allocation of £4.5M from the Investment Fund to support a bid to the European Social Fund to establish a skills innovation fund, and subject to a future Full Business Case proposal should the bid be successful.

Recommendation 4 – Unanimous Decision of the 3 constituent authorities excluding the Mayor

4. The continued allocation of up to £6M to support a funding solution for the MetroWest Phase 1(b) funding gap, subject to a revised gateway decision for the project in November 2018.

Recommendations 1 & 5 – Majority Vote of the constituent authorities including the Mayor

5. The WECA Chief Executive, in consultation with the WECA Mayor, be delegated authority to finalise the detailed allocation of the Talent Institutes feasibility funding and the sign-off for the final Skills Innovation Fund Bid.