Key information
Request reference number: MGLA221024-3480
Date of response:
Summary of request
Request:
- Details of any schemes or programs operated directly by the local authority under the UKSPF People and Skills priority area. Include the budget and the number of staff allocated to the program or scheme and where appropriate the length of the program or scheme.
- Details of any organisation which has been awarded contracts by the local authority to deliver services covered by the remit of the UKSPF People and Skills priority area, such as upskilling, employment support, and skills provision. Include the names of the organisations, the amounts awarded, and the length of the contract.
Response:
I can confirm that the GLA holds this information in scope of your request as follows:
- GLA is not directly operating any UKSPF schemes under the UKSPF People and Skills priority area.
- £25m has been directly allocated to the four Sub-Regional Partnerships (SRPs) and their Boroughs to support economically inactive and unemployed Londoners. The funding has been allocated in the following way:
Over £11m has been invested in projects under the Supporting Young Londoners programme. Information on individual projects is included on our website UK Shared Prosperity Fund | London City Hall.
Activity delivered through the Sub-Regional Partnerships was permitted to start from October 2023.
Projects under the Supporting Young Londoners programme were required to start by 1 April 2024.
All UKSPF activity is contracted to stop on 31 March 2025.