Decision Maker: Executive Director for Place, Service Director - Finance S151 Officer, Service Director - Legal, Governance & Commissioning
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Council has been offered the sum of £3,460,034 until March 2030 to deliver an element of the Connect to Work contract, specifically the Supported Employment Quality Framework model. In order to proceed with the next stage of the grant agreement a side letter needs to be authorised which stipulates that Kirklees Council are an additional delivery area member within the West Yorkshire Delivery Area.
On receiving the funding, the Council intends to contract with its internal department, REAL Employment, to deliver the majority of the programme. A smaller proportion of the funding, specifically designed to support care leavers, will be delivered internally by the Employment and Skills Service.
The decision has been taken to sign the non-legally binding side letter therefore accepting that Kirklees Council are an Additional Delivery Area Member which details: i) DWP’s direct relationship with Kirklees Council, as an Additional Delivery Area Member; and ii) which provisions from the Grant Funding Agreement in place between DWP and West Yorkshire Combined Authority dated on or around the date of this side letter (“GFA”) are directly enforceable by DWP.
Publication date: 16/12/2025
Date of decision: 15/12/2025