Decision details

At its meeting on 21 May 2020, the Combined Authority resolved to delegate authority to the Managing Director in consultation with the Chief Executives and Leaders of the 5 West Yorkshire Councils to take any steps to finalise the scheme, and progress the public consultation exercise.

The Managing Director has made amendments to the consultation document further to the consideration of and comment on the draft by the councils, and further to consultation with the Chief Executives and Leaders of each council.

Each West Yorkshire council and the Combined Authority have considered a paper w/c 18 May 2020 which set out the next stage of devolution implementation. Each paper included draft consultation questions as an appendix for information and comments.

Following these meetings, and the comments received, the following changes have been made:

• The narrative has been updated following feedback to:
o Provide more information regarding the proposals and what devolution will bring to the region.
o Provide further clarity on the functions being consulted on, in line with the scheme.
o Ensure plain English is used.
• An additional section has been added to provide detail and a question relating to the finance functions.
• An ‘about you’ section has been added to enable analysis of respondents.
• A full range of ways to respond and contact details have been included.
The revised consultation documents, which includes these amendments is attached at appendix 1.