Decision details

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund gave Councils a fixed funding allocation for Levelling Up themed activity between 2022/23 and 2024/25.  Following the submission of the Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plan in Summer 2022, and receipt of Department for Levelling-Up, Housing, and Communities’ approval of the Plan in early December, the Council now needed to decide how money would be allocated to specific delivery projects.

It was recommended that a programme of quick wins for the first year of UKSPF funding due to the short timeframe between receiving the year 1 UKSPF funds by DLUHC and the end of the financial year.  Recommendations were also set out for a project selection approach for 2023-24 and 2024-25 (the second and final years of UKSPF funding, for which there are far larger amounts of funding to allocate).

RESOLVED –

1.                  That the proposed funding for the projects identified for the 2022-23 allocation of UKSPF, as detailed in confidential Appendix A, be AGREED.

2.                  That the Energy Doctor programme be established, to be delivered by the Council’s Climate Change and Environment team.

3.                  That the governance of the Bucks SPF programme, including the funding decisions for 2023-24 and 2024-25 allocations of UKSPF and as detailed in confidential Appendix A be APPROVED.