Issue - meetings

Recommendations - To:

i.       Approve the attached UK Shared Prosperity Fund Delivery Framework including the proposals to deliver the UK SPF in North Yorkshire through Council and LEP services.

ii.      Approve ongoing work to delivery year 1 of the Shared Prosperity Fund as outlined in this report and the attached Delivery Framework.

iii.     Agree acceptance of the UK Shared Prosperity Funding of £16.9m from the UK Government, covering the period up to March 2025 subject to the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic approving the terms of the finalised funding agreement.

iv.     Delegate the preparation and approval of funding agreements with recipients to the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic in consultation with the Corporate Director Business and Environment

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director for Strategic Resources outlining progress on the development and management of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in North Yorkshire, which provided further detail of the recently announced Rural England Prosperity Fund, and sought approval for a UK Shared Prosperity Fund Delivery Framework in North Yorkshire, in order to progress delivery of the fund in the current financial year and to begin commissioning of the programmes within it.

County Councillor Carl Les introduced the report, and Mark Kibblewhite, Senior NYCC Policy Officer provided an overview of the work undertaken to date to progress delivery of the Government’s UKSPF prospectus in North Yorkshire and to draft a Delivery Framework detailing the deployment and delivery of the UKSPF with input from the Local Partnership Group.

County Councillor Derek Bastiman welcomed the report and the capital funding from the UKSPF.

County Councillor Simon Myers recognised the opportunities the funding would bring to address rural housing and broaden the cultural uptake across the county.

It was noted the UKSPF could be used to support local initiatives and it was

Resolved – That:

i.      The UK Shared Prosperity Fund Delivery Framework be approved, including the proposals to deliver the UK SPF in North Yorkshire through Council and LEP services.

ii.     The ongoing work to delivery year 1 of the Shared Prosperity Fund as outlined in the report and the attached Delivery Framework be approved.

iii.    The UK Shared Prosperity Funding of £16.9m from the UK Government, covering the period up to March 2025 be accepted subject to the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic approving the terms of the finalised funding agreement.

iv.   The preparation and approval of funding agreements with recipients be delegated to the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic in consultation with the Corporate Director Business and Environmental Services