Strategic Board Meeting South East LEP’s Strategic Board Meeting 9th December 2016

SKILLS UPDATE Louise Aitken SE LEP Skills Lead Graham Razey Skills Advisory Group Chair

SELEP Skills Strategy In October, SAG members agreed that this should be an employer led concise, ambitious vision and articulation of shared priorities To be used for lobbying, funding and conveying the importance of the SELEP area To be endorsed by Sector Skills Councils and industry bodies To have an under-pinning Evidence Base drawing on existing information To include best practice and case studies To include a consultation and input from partners

Powering employment growth Partners / industry bodies Headline feedback so far SKILLS Powering employment growth FE colleges Partners / industry bodies employers Training providers Schools Universities We require a holistic joined up approach between all parts of the skills system We require further investment to create aspirational, industry relevant learning environments Skills = Economic Growth Lack of skills – lost productivity and jobs

Progress Informal consultation has begun – presentations and input from Kent and East Sussex provider networks, Essex College Principals, universities, employers and schools, industry bodies (i.e. CITB) Online consultation to go on SELEP website in Dec/Jan for employers, educators, individuals, partners Evidence base underway – analysing vacancies, skills needed by employers and future growth Essex Evidence Base best practice model and used to create careers factsheets

Progress – emerging headlines Lower than average skills levels- 31% with Level 4+ compared to 37.1% nationally Significant numbers with no qualifications – 195,000 people Nearly 200,000 people on out of work benefits – 133,000 on ESA and benefits Growing need for technical skills – 70% of ‘hard to fill’ vacancies are due to skills shortages Growth in apprenticeships with considerably more required – 32,240 starts in 2015/16 and nearly 250,000 15-19 year olds in this LEP area

Progress: Gathering best practice £22m SELEP Skills Capital Funding – making a difference 5,000 + additional learners supported in areas such as construction, logistics, STEM digital health and care Show-case event next year

Progress – Gathering case studies Part of a national network connecting employers with schools and colleges Nearly 200 schools and colleges across SELEP engaged Cross LEP working to share best practice and plan for the future East Sussex EA Network leading and innovative – Open Doors – schools visiting industry

Progress: employer led approach Informed by local evidence and growth SELEP partnership response Further Education Area Reviews – employer led and working with local authorities and local Employment and Skills Boards Informed by local evidence and growth Greater Essex Area Review input described by national team as best LEP presentation they had seen

Other skills highlights SELEP / ESB October Workshop with University of Essex Senior teaching staff, outlining economic growth and skills needs Kent and Medway Sector Guild approach and plans for Charter Mark Essex ESB innovative programmes supporting tutor recruitment, showcasing careers and collaborating with Construction & Industry Training Board Feedback from University of Kent HR conference informing Skills Strategy & Consultation SELEP input to bids to employer Mentoring programme for schools - £294,000 invested to help young people realise their full potential

Future plans LEP Skills Strategy by April 2017 FE Area Review reports and recommendations for all LEP areas by May 2017 More employers and schools engaging in Careers Enterprise Adviser Network Best practice sharing and events Skills Capital Showcase event ESF £49.3m successfully delivering apprenticeships, employment programmes and increased skills Further £20m ESF tenders published by February 2017 Skills Advisory Group new members in place, strengthening links with VCS and universities

In the coming weeks, we will be adding ESF and skills pages to the SELEP website at: http://www.southeastlep.com/

SELEP Strategic Board Capital Programme Update Rhiannon Mort, Capital Programme Manager 9 December 2016

Local Growth Fund update

Capital Programme Management Growth Deal summary £488m LGF investment Matched with over £400m local funding 75 capital investment projects On track to deliver the 23,000 new homes and 45,000 new jobs committed to through the Growth Deal. By the end of 2016/17 it is forecast that our total LGF spend will amount to: £145.384m – excluding retained schemes £151.997m – including retained schemes To date, 58 projects have been approved by Accountability Board and work is well underway to deliver them. During 2016/17 a further 15 projects are expected to be completed.

Pending Accountability Board approval Capital Programme Management Projects due to complete in 2016/17 On Track? Sovereign Harbour ✔ Swallows Business Park Colchester LSTF Colchester Town Centre £396,000 LGF spend to slip into 2017/18 to support scheme completion in June 2017. A414 Maldon to Chelmsford RBS Tonbridge Town Centre Regeneration M20 Junction 4 Eastern Overbridge Maidstone Gyratory Bypass Dover Western Docks Revival Pending Accountability Board approval Southend Growth Hub (Phase 1) TGSE – LSTF Southend Southend Central Area Action Plan (Phase 1) Southend and Rochford Joint Area Action Plan TGSE – LSTF Thurrock Purfleet Centre

Capital Programme Management Total LGF spend forecast in 2016/17: £89.67m excluding retained schemes £94.87m including retained schemes

Capital Programme Management

Capital Programme Management Option Mitigation 1 Bringing forward of planned future year LGF spend on schemes in the 2016/17 LGF programme 2 Bringing forward of 2017/18 LGF schemes to spend in 2016/17 3 Transfer of LGF spend on schemes between partner authorities 4 Re-profiling of spend between LGF projects and Capital Programme projects 5 Hold of LGF by SELEP between 2016/17 and 2017/18

Capital Programme Management Approved Mitigation Approval of accelerated LGF spend in 2016/17 for: A226 London Road/B255 St Clements Way (£800,000) Strood Town Centre (£60,000) Medway Cycle Action Plan (£384,000) Basildon Integrated Transport Package (£1,683,000) Approve spend of £673,000 on Colchester Integrated Transport Package in 2016/17. Opportunities to bring forward LGF Round 3 projects?

Capital Programme Management LGF Project Risks/ Annual LGF Spend Project Risk Total number of projects* L 57 M 12 H 4 Risk of LGF spend slippage Total number of projects* L 41 M 28 H 4 * Excludes projects which have been completed

Swallow Business Park, East Sussex £1.4m LGF £11.2m match funding Utilities Site enabling works Site access road The project is due to be completed in December 2016 Delivering 330 new jobs and 10,344m2 of new commercial space

Maidstone Gyratory, Kent £4.6m LGF £1.14m local funding Due to be operational by 1st Dec 2016 and fully completed by early 2017.

Colchester Park and Ride and Bus Priority measures, Essex Colchester LSTF, Essex £2m LGF investment to improve pedestrian and cycling facilities Final measures to be completed in October 2016 Colchester Park and Ride and Bus Priority measures, Essex £5.8m LGF Project completed in 2015 Both projects support the delivery of Colchester North Growth Area Urban Expansion – 2,200 new homes

M20 Junction 4 Overbridge, Kent £2.2m LGF and £3.5m private sector match Due to be completed in January 2017 Supporting the delivery of 1,695 new homes

Growing Places Fund update

Investment to date (£m) Growing Places Fund Project Area Allocation (£m) Investment to date (£m) Repayment (£m) Update Delivery of jobs Forecast Achieved to date Priory Quarter Phase 3 East Sussex 7.000 0.400 Complete and repayments being made 440 67 North Queensway 1.500 1.000 6 Rochester Riverside Medway 4.410 0.000 Work underway to progress the planning application 402 Chatham Waterfront 2.999 Outline planning application has been submitted for Chatham Waterfront Development Site. Work complete on the River Walk, Sun Pier Pontoon and the Big Screen. 211 Bexhill Business Mall 6.000 0.200 125 Parkside Office Village Essex 3.250 0.540 Phase 1 of Parkside Office was opened in June 2014 and the units are fully let. 169 107 Chelmsford NE Urban Expansion Complete and repaid in full 2105 tbc Grays Magistrates Court Thurrock 1.400 200 38 Sovereign Harbour 4.600 Completed and repayment of £25,000 expected in 2016/17. 240 55 Workspace Kent Kent 1.437 Complete and repayments expected 183 Harlow West Essex 3.500 Working to agreements 4000 Live Margate 5.000 Discovery Park 5.300 130 Total   47.459 33.596 3.340 8211 392