EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Notice under The Local Authorities
(Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)
(England) Regulations 2012
On the 11 June 2021 the County Council intends to hold a meeting of the Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health at which the following item will be considered: Supported Apprenticeships for residents in supported accommodation.
The purpose of the item is:
A decision is being made as to whether to approve Contain Outbreak Management Funding (COMF) for £645 000 to provide a one-off programme of work to support people who are living in supported accommodation into apprenticeships. People living in supported accommodation (as well as those in temporary accommodation and those at risk of becoming homeless) are often not in work or training. They may require additional support to take up an apprentice scheme or a programme to see if they would be interested/ appropriate to take on an apprentice (Sector Based Work Academy Programme - SWAP). The funding would enable up to 150 SWAPs and 50 supported apprenticeships in key sectors including health, care, construction and the visitor economy.
Under the
requirements of Regulation 9 of The Local Authorities (Executive
Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England)
Regulations 2012 the Council is required to give 28 days notice of
a key decision identified within the scope of these regulations. It
is considered that item referred to above would be a key decision
and for the reasons of urgency outlined below, compliance is
considered impracticable, and an exception to Regulation 9 is
therefore sought under Regulation 10 of the above Regulations. It
is considered impracticable to comply with the requirements of The
Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to
Information) (England) Regulations 2012 because:
In order to
enable the County Council to drawdown Covid Outbreak Management
Fund (COMF) funding and not lose the opportunity to access all the
available resources, a decision needs to be made urgently in
order to allow sufficient time to deliver this innovative supported
apprenticeship programme.
Accordingly a copy of this notice shall be available pursuant to Regulation 5(6) for at least 5 clear days prior to 11 June 2021.
Date: 26 May 2021