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To accept the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
(UKSPF) 2025/26 scoring criteria, which includes pass/fail and
scored questions.

This includes selecting three impartial panel members from various
departments within Tendring District Council to assess and score
applications.

Reasons for the decision

Due to the popularity of the 2025/26
allocation of UKSPF, the fund is severely oversubscribed; with
applications totalling £2.6m against the actual
‘pot’ of £563k It has been agreed that the
current method to assess applications is not fit for purpose on
this basis, and a strengthened impartial scoring process with
designated scorers is the fairest way of assessing
applications.

Alternative options considered

To continue the current method of application
assessment, which is to discuss the applications and rank red,
amber, green based on the information submitted, with the
assessment team drawn entirely from Economic Growth which
administrates the Fund.