Issue - meetings

Recommendation

That Executive agree to accept the Adult Skills Fund Grant from the ESFA

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director Children and Young People’s Service seeking approval for acceptance of the Adult Skills Fund of approximately £2.7m from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority to enable the Adult Learning and Skills Service to meet the needs of North Yorkshire Residents.

The item had been brought to Executive under special urgency procedures, following agreement by the Chair of the Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee that the decision was urgent and could not reasonably be deferred as failure to agree funding would delay the receipt of income and funding would not be provided to support adult learners in the county.  The Leader had also agreed to its inclusion on the agenda.

The Executive Member for Education, Learning and Skills, Councillor Annabel Wilkinson, reported that this funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency had previously been received direct from the Department for Education, but would be received through the Combined Authority from 1 August 2025. 

Resolved (unanimously)

That Executive agree to accept the Adult Skills Fund Grant from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.