Decision details

That Cabinet:

1.     Supports the proposed use of Warwickshire’s allocation of UK Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF) for 2025-26 as set out in the report including the allocation of a proportion of the Communities and Place funding to the District and Borough Councils and extensions to the Council’s existing UKSPF business support and employment and skills programmes;

2.     Authorises the Executive Director for Communities to enter into relevant agreements with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources;

3.     Approves the addition of a capital grant worth an expected £0.97 million of UKSPF to the Capital Programme;

4.     Approves the commencement of commissioning activity including any procurement and/ or competitive calls for projects required to deliver the investment priorities of the UKSPF funding; and

5.     Authorises the Executive Director for Communities to allocate the UKSPF funding and such other funding as may be available to deliver the three UKSPF investment priorities and to negotiate, and enter into, all necessary agreements to effect the above recommendations including, but not limited to, Deeds of Collaboration with individual District and Borough Councils and Deeds of Variation with existing service providers on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director for Resources.