Decision details

In view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing rules, it is not currently possible to hold formal meetings of the LEP Board. There were three items of business which were due to be considered by the LEP Board and could not wait until the next formal meeting of the Board. In the circumstances, the decisions have been made under my delegated powers. The reasons the decisions are required are:

Governance Arrangements
(1) To take forward recommendations for nominations of private sector panels to be approved by the Combined Authority and extensions to the terms of office of existing panel members.
Devolution
(2) To endorse the WY Devolution Deal to enable preparations to commence on developing workstreams to implement the deal.
Corporate Performance
(3) To enable the content of the LEP Annual Delivery Plan to be finalised once final financial and performance data for the 2019/20 has been fed into the Plan and to enable the final design of the plan to be approved.

In my capacity as LEP Chair, I have today made the decisions recorded below in accordance with the delegations conferred on me by the LEP Board Constitution (Section 10 - Urgent Decisions of the LEP). The decisions I have taken have been fully informed by the views of the LEP Board members as part of the consideration of the specific items during a private consultative conference call held today (1 April).

The decisions taken under my delegated powers are as follows:

Governance Arrangements
(1) That the recommendations of the LEP Board members, in relation to nomination of private sector members to advisory panels and extensions to terms of office of existing members, as set out in Appendix 1 attached, are recommended to the next meeting of the Combined Authority for formal approval.

(2) Until such time as the nominations to panels are formally approved by the Combined Authority and to ensure that new panel members are able to familiarise themselves with the work of the respective panels, they are invited to participate in any conference calls and workshops which take place in the foreseeable future.

Devolution
(3) That the West Yorkshire Devolution Deal is endorsed.

Corporate Performance
(4) That, following consultation with LEP Board members, the final design and content of the LEP Annual Delivery Plan and Review will be agreed between myself as LEP Chair and the Managing Director.