Purpose

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.
 

Content

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.