Decision details

Decision relating to both the Digital Inward Investment Fund (Formerly called Digital Sector Soft Landing Scheme) and the Strategic Inward Investment Fund

Decision Maker: West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Change request to transfer funding from the approved Strategic Inward Investment Fund to the approved Digital Inward Investment Fund in order the meet the regional demand for grant support provided through these individual funding programmes.

Decision:

Resolved:

 

(a)       That the Combined Authority continues to support the Leeds City Region bid to attract the Channel 4 National HQ.

 

(b)       That, if successful, approval is given to the recommendations set out in exempt Appendix 1, including the proposal to proceed through the relevant stages of the Combined Authority’s assurance process.

 

(c)        That approval is given to the forecast value of these proposals as set out in the exempt Appendix 1.

 

(d)       That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in the exempt Appendix 1, including at decision point 5 (full business case) of the assurance process through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team.  This will be subject to the scheme remaining

Report author: Samuel Lewis

Publication date: 12/10/2018

Date of decision: 11/10/2018

Decided at meeting: 11/10/2018 - West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Effective from: 20/10/2018