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The Chief Officer Culture and Economy gave
approval to :

a) Authorise the Council to sign the Deed of Variation to reduce
the original Funding Agreement from £3.65m to
£2.38m.
b) Authorise the Council to sign, seal & return a new UKSPF
Funding Agreement for £1.27m to WYCA.
c) Note that the Acting Head of Employment & Skills will be
responsible for the implementation and delivery of the programme
from April 2024 to March 2025.

This is a significant operational decision as a direct result of a
key decision ref D56013 taken on 16/2/23 to “ into a contract
with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to accept up to
£4m of funding to deliver the Gainshare 2/Employment West
Yorkshire programme in Leeds”