Local skills improvement plans and designated employer representative bodies
Updated 19 September 2024
Applies to England
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In autumn 2022, employer representative bodies (ERBs) were designated to lead the development of local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) for all 38 areas of the country. Each plan provides an agreed set of actionable priorities that employers, providers and other stakeholders in a local area can get behind to drive change.
LSIPs were approved by the Secretary of State for Education in summer 2023, in line with the approval criteria set out in the and in accordance with the LSIP statutory guidance. In summer 2024, each area produced an annual progress report setting out:
- which of the actions or changes in the LSIP had been achieved
- the impact and benefits of those actions or changes
- what still needed to be achieved in their area
The LSIPs and annual progress reports have been published on the designated ERB websites.
All employer representative body designations came into effect on 5 September 2022, with the exception of Cheshire and Warrington, and Liverpool City Region, where the designations came into effect on 20 October 2022 and 29 August 2024 respectively.
The terms and conditions that all designated ERBs have consented to are also available.
The published LSIPs can be found on the designated ERB websites.
North-east
| LSIP specified area | Designated ERB | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| North East | Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland | |
| North of Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, North Tyneside | |
| Tees Valley | Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton on Tees |
North-west
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Cheshire and Warrington | Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington | |
| Cumbria | Cumbria | |
| Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | |
| Lancashire | Blackburn and Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire | |
| Liverpool City Region | [footnote 1] | Liverpool City Region |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Hull and East Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull | |
| South Yorkshire | South Yorkshire Combined Authority | |
| West Yorkshire | West Yorkshire Combined Authority | |
| York and North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire, York |
East Midlands
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | |
| Greater Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Rutland | |
| Leicester and Leicestershire | Leicester and Leicestershire | |
| South-East Midlands | Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire |
West Midlands
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire | Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent | |
| The Marches | Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin | |
| West Midlands and Warwickshire | Warwickshire, West Midlands Combined Authority | |
| Worcestershire | Worcestershire |
East
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority | |
| Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock | Essex, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock | |
| Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire | |
| Norfolk and Suffolk | Norfolk, Suffolk |
Greater London
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Greater London | Greater London |
South-east
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex | Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex | |
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire | |
| Enterprise M3 LEP (including all of Surrey) | Hampshire (excluding the districts of Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, New Forest), Surrey | |
| Kent and Medway | Kent, Medway | |
| Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | |
| Solent | Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and the following districts in Hampshire: Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, New Forest, Southampton | |
| Thames Valley Berkshire | Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham |
South-west
| LSIP specified area | Designated employer representative body | Locations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly | Cornwall, Isles of Scilly | |
| Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset | |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | |
| Heart of the South West | Devon, Plymouth, Somerset, Torbay | |
| Swindon and Wiltshire | Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| West of England and North Somerset | West of England Combined Authority, North Somerset |
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Liverpool Chamber of Commerce became the designated employer representative body for Liverpool City Region on 29 August 2024. St Helens Chamber of Commerce바카라 사이트™s designation was removed on 28 August 2024, as the body did not meet the requirements set out in section 2(1)(A) of the Skills and Post 16 Education Act due to it entering administration. ↩