Purpose

The Get Britain Working White Paper details a
locally led approach to supporting people with health conditions
gain meaningful employment and prevent people from falling out of
work.  It includes details on funding
streams which will be awarded to the West Yorkshire Integrated Care
Board (ICB) and West Yorkshire Combined Authority
(WYCA). 
 
A proportion of this funding will be used to
fund the five West Yorkshire Local Authorities to deliver or
commission locally led provision.
 
Executive Board is asked to:
 
A) Delegate authority to Director of City
Development to enter into an agreement with WYCA to accept funding
linked to delivery of the Work and Health  plan in Leeds for
activity from 1st April 2025 (subject to CA approval.)
 
B) Endorse the proposed approach to spend of
the funding as detailed in the report.
 
C) Delegate authority to Director of City
Development to accept any other funding from WYCA associated with
the Work and Health Agenda, and to progress any associated
programme design/implementation including spend.
 
D) Note that the Head of Employment and Skills
will be responsible for the implementation and delivery of the
programme from April 2025 to March 2026.