Agenda and decisions

To receive apologies for absence from Members.

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To consider and approve the minutes from 26 January 2024 of West of England Joint Committee Meeting.

Members of the public can speak for up to 3 minutes each. The total time for this session is 30 minutes so speaking time will be reduced if more than 10 people wish to speak.

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To receive announcements from the Chair of the West of England Joint Committee.

To be presented by the Chair of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board.

The Chair of the Authority’s Audit Committee to present the comments of that Committee.

The Chair of the Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee to present the comments of that Committee

This report represents the revenue and capital forecast to the West of England Joint

Committee for the financial year 2023/24 based on data from the period April 2023 to

January 2024.

(1)            Notes the Revised Analysis of LEP External Grants as at the end of January 2024 as set out in Figure 1; The LEP Revenue Forecast as set out in Appendix 1 and the LEP Capital Forecast as set out in Appendix 2;

(2)            Approve the change request for the Temple Island Enabling Infrastructure within the Economic Development Fund programme as set out in Appendix 3.

(3)            Notes that core funding of £240k to support the integration of the LEP into the Combined Authority will be withheld by Government until such time as a solution can be agreed.