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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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, year olds in this LEP area

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. In the coming weeks, we will be adding ESF and skills pages to the SELEP website at:

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

14. Local Growth Fund update

15. 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:
£ m – excluding retained schemes
£ m – 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.

16. 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

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

18. Capital Programme Management

19. 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

20. 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?

21. 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

22. 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

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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Growing Places Fund
update

27. 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