Purpose

Skills Bootcamps form part of the Government's Lifetime Skills Guarantee and are funded by the Department for Education under the National Skills Fund. Skills Bootcamps are commissioned through a combination of national procurement and grant allocations to lead authorities in Functional Economic Areas. In Lancashire, following the cessation of the Local Enterprise Partnership, this is now via Lancashire County Council on behalf of the upper tier authorities, pending decisions regarding the proposed Combined County Authority.

A total of £1.2m was allocated to Lancashire under Wave 3 for financial year 2022/23, £3m under Wave 4 in 2023/24 and £6.4m under Wave 5 (2024/25). 

The programme and proposal for Wave 6 (2025/26) were discussed at the Lancashire Skills and Employment Board on 5 September 2024. The Board was supportive of the recommendations to Cabinet.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the requirements of the council's Cabinet procedure rules (Standing Order C18, Consideration of Key Decisions) have been complied with.

Decision

The Cabinet approved the recommendation(s) as set out in the report.