Purpose

To seek approval to adopt, publish and implement the Get Gloucestershire Working (GGW) plan.

Decision

In coming to this decision, I have given due and full regard to the requirements of the public sector equality duty contained in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”) by reference to the law itself and also the relevant Equality Impact Assessment, which was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

Having fully considered all the available information, I have decided to reject the alternative options and take the recommended decision to:

a)    Approve the adoption, publication and implementation of the Get Gloucestershire Working Plan set out in the Annex 1 to this report, which sets out Gloucestershire’s response to the Governments call for local areas to adopt system-wide changes that will improves skills and job opportunities for local people

b)    Delegate authority to the Director of Economy and Environment to implement the recommendations set out in the “Recommendations” section of this report

For the reasons set out in the report.