Executive summary
The purpose of this paper is to provide a positional update on the City Region Deal website.
Author: William Rutherford, Finance Manager, RPMO
Email address: rutherfordw@stirling.gov.uk
Recommendations
Chief Officers / Joint Committee are asked to:
- To consider the content of the Implementation Plan 2024/25
- To approve the proposed milestones (with caveats) and associated financial profile outlined for each programme/project within Stirling and Clackmannanshire’s City Region Deal.
Implications
Approval of the proposed Implementation Plan 24/25 will then allow the financial profiles, etc, be submitted to Government to form a benchmark for performance throughout the year, as well as allowing the Grant offer Letter 24/25 to be finalised.
Legal & Risk Implications and Mitigation
Risk Implications and Mitigations are considered within the main Implementation Plan 24/25 document.
Background
It has been confirmed that under the terms of the Grant offer Letter, an updated version of the City Region Deal Implementation Plan, reflecting the current position with respect to milestones and timelines, must be submitted to and agreed with Governments annually.
Considerations
The current version of the Implementation Plan is attached as Appendix 1 to this report.
There has been considerable work involved in fully updating the milestones and timescales within the Implementation Plan across all partners to ensure it is as accurate and meaningful as possible. The RPMO have worked with all three of the delivery partners since February 2024 to consolidate all relevant information whilst reviewing current lessons learned, dependencies and risks.
The milestones and financial profile were presented to both the Chief Officers Group and Joint Committee members who had input through various discussions and briefing sessions, the resulting conclusions are contained within the Implementation Plan.
Should this version of the Implementation Plan be agreed, it will then form the baseline for the reporting structure for 2024/25.
Resource Implications
The full financial implications of the recommendations are set out in the report. Yes
This includes a reference to full life cycle costs where appropriate.
Finance Officers have been consulted and have agreed the financial implications Yes
as set out in the report.
The financial profile for each programme and project are outlined within the plan.
Staffing
The full implications on staffing are set out in the report. n/a
Exempt Reports
Is this report exempt? No
Equalities Impact
Have you undertaken the required equalities impact assessment to ensure that
no groups are adversely affected by the recommendations? No
Legality
It has been confirmed that in adopting the recommendations contained in this report,
the Chief Officers Group is acting within its legal powers. Yes
Sustainability and Environmental
It has been confirmed that sustainability and environmental issues have been
considered within the report. n/a
Policy Implications
None
Consultations
None
Background Papers
Have you used other documents to compile your report? No
Appendices
Please list any appendices attached to this report. If there are no appendices, please state “none”.
None
- Appendix 1: Stirling & Clackmannanshire’s CRD Implementation Plan 2024/25
Approved by:
Claire Farmer, Head of RPMO
Email: farmerc@stirling.gov.uk