Decision details
Post-16 Education & Skills infrastructure analysis
Decision Maker: Director of Investment & Corporate Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
In approving the £9.4m Regional Recovery
Fund on 9 October 2020, the WECA Committee agreed officer
delegations to ensure that decisions on business cases / detailed
specific proposals for the agreed schemes can be progressed at
pace.
One of the proposals is to commission a proposal for Post-16
Education & Skills infrastructure analysis. This project will
help WECA and its partners deliver the most effective investment of
public funds, to benefit West of England residents, communities and
employers. This will be achieved by:
* Determining whether the West of England has sufficient general
academic and vocational capacity to meet its Post-16 (16-18 and
19+) needs.
* Determining whether the West of England has sufficient Post-16
specialist vocational capacity to meet its needs including delivery
of regionally agreed plans.
* Determining whether the West of England has sufficient Post-16
academic and vocational Post-16 capacity to meet the needs of our
regional employers and economy in order to support the recovery
from Covid-19 and to achieve inclusive economic growth.
* Determining where investment is required in the region, when it
is required and how much it will cost.
Consultation has taken place with the Skills Officer Group and the
Business and Skills Directors,
West of England Skills Advisory Panel and FE Principals
group.
The Chief Executives of the 4 West of England unitary authorities
were consulted on this proposal, including the draft commissioning
proposal and the Feasibility and Development Funding application
form for the project. The Chief Executives supported the commitment
of funding to this project subject to noting that as well as
forming part of the governance, unitary authorities will be
formally consulted as specific proposals are brought forward.
Decision:
Approval given for up to £100K from the
£9.4m Regional Recovery Fund to be allocated to the Post-16
Education & Skills infrastructure skills analysis
project.
Alternative options considered:
Not applicable in relation to this specific
decision, i.e. this was the option considered.
Publication date: 09/12/2020
Date of decision: 03/12/2020
Accompanying Documents:
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