Issue - meetings

Report No: CAB/JT/19/004

Portfolio Holders: SEBC Cllr Susan Glossop and FHDC Cllr Lance Stanbury

Lead Officers: Julie Baird and Kirsty Pitwood

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.           The place-based approach towards ‘youth unemployment and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)’ be noted.

2.           £200,000 from existing internal growth section budget be used for a place-based approach towards ‘youth unemployment and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)’.

(Report No: CAB/JT/19/004)

The Joint Committee received this report which was requesting approval for £200,000 from existing internal growth section budgets, to be used over a two-year period for a place-based approach towards youth unemployment and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET).

The demise of the ‘MyGo’ youth unemployment/NEET provision commissioned by Suffolk County Council (SCC) and the West Suffolk Councils’ discussions with SCC regarding the benefit of locally targeted provision, had resulted in SCC devolving this budget provision to the districts.

In July 2018, the Suffolk Public Sector Leaders (SPSL) approved an investment of £200,000 for 2018-2019 from pooled business rates to support place-based approaches to tackle NEET and youth unemployment, with a match of £200,000 from SCC for 2018-2019.

Therefore, the districts had been tasked with producing a proposal for their area and the project proposals for West Suffolk were set out in Section 1.3 of the report.  The Joint Committee expressed their support for the project proposals as set out.

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.           The place-based approach towards ‘youth unemployment and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)’ be noted.

2.           £200,000 from existing internal growth section budget be used for a place-based approach towards ‘youth unemployment and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)’.