Agenda and decisions

Employment and Skills Committee - Thursday, 13th July, 2023 2.00 pm

Venue: Meeting Room 1, Wellington House, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1DE

Media

Items
No.	Item
2.	Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests Additional documents: Webcast for 2.
3.	Exempt Information - Possible Exclusion of the Press and Public Additional documents: Webcast for 3.
4.	Minutes of the Meeting Held on 23 March 2023 PDF 184 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 4.
5.	Chair's Update Additional documents: Webcast for 5.
6.	Governance Arrangements PDF 128 KB Additional documents: Item 6 - App 1 - Part 3 Section 2.3 - Employment and Skills TOR , item 6. PDF 94 KB Item 6 - App 2 - Membership Table , item 6. PDF 63 KB Webcast for 6.
7.	Influencing the System PDF 168 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 7.
8.	Devolved Adult Skills PDF 178 KB Additional documents: Item 8 - Appendix 1 , item 8. PDF 111 KB Item 8 - Appendix 2 , item 8. PDF 312 KB Item 8 - Appendix 3 , item 8. PDF 97 KB Item 8 - Appendix 4 , item 8. PDF 67 KB Webcast for 8. Decision: Resolved: (i) That the actions proposed following the Community Leaning review be recommended. (ii) That the Multiply programme year 1 performance be noted.
9.	Current and Future Employment Support activity at the West Yorkshire level PDF 446 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 9. Decision: Resolved: (i) That ongoing collaboration between DWP and West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and the opportunities this relationship presents with regards to better supporting service users accessing employment support provision across the region be noted. (ii) That the continued intention to use an allocation of UK Shared Prosperity Funding to fund the second year of delivery of Employment West Yorkshire, in order to allow the programme to continue in providing vital employment support across Local Authority areas be noted. (iii) That approach to UKSPF commissioning be endorsed. (iv) That officers beginning to develop an Employment Support Blueprint for West Yorkshire for discussion with this committee in the Autumn, which will allow residents to be better served through employment support services be agreed. (v) That key stakeholders to be consulted during the development of the Employment Support Blueprint be considered and agreed. A drat Blueprint will come back to Employment and Skills Committee at a later date.
10.	Development and Delivery of Regionally Coordinated Careers Activity PDF 185 KB Additional documents: Webcast for 10. Decision: Resolved: (i) That the update provided to the Committee on developments and performance of careers support services coordinated at the regional level be noted. (ii) That the Committee’s view with regards to the Careers & Enterprise Company’s award to deliver a career related learning programme aimed at primary schools be noted. (iii) That the of the development of a West Yorkshire All Age Careers Blueprint be endorsed
11.	Skills support for employers PDF 262 KB Additional documents: Item 11 - Appendix 1 , item 11. PDF 59 KB Item 11- Appendix 2 , item 11. PDF 111 KB Webcast for 11. Decision: Resolved: That the approach set out in the report be endorsed.