20160724 wmca consultation presentation

West Midlands Combined AuthorityWest Midlands Combined AuthorityMayoral Powers ConsultationMayoral Powers Consultation

On May 4th next year, voting age citizens in the seven

‘metropolitan authorities’ will get to elect a Mayor for the

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

These are known as the ‘constituent authorities’.

The leaders of the constituent authorities each hold a portfolio in the WMCA Cabinet. Until the

Mayor is elected, the Cabinet will be chaired by Bob Sleigh

(Leader, Solihull).

• Health & Wellbeing;• Economic Growth;• Public Service Reform;• Skills & Productivity;• Housing & Land; • Transport;• Finance &

Investment*;• Midlands Engine*;

However, the WMCA covers a much larger area.

The non-metropolitan areas are known as the

‘non constituent authorities’.

• Shropshire County Council;• Warwickshire County Council;• North Warwickshire Borough Council;• Rugby Borough Council;• Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council;• Redditch Borough Council;• Tamworth Borough Council; • Telford & Wrekin Borough Council; • Stratford-on-Avon District Council;• Cannock Chase District Council;

Under the first devolution deal, the Government agreed to pass certain

powers and budgets to the Mayor and the

WMCA.

• Consolidated, devolved transport budget;

• Responsibility for franchised bus services;

• Responsibility for ‘key route network’ of roads;

• Planning powers to drive housebuilding and improvement;

• Growth funding: £36.5m per year over 30 years;

• Devolved 19+ adult skills funding from 2018/19, responsibility for chairing Area Based reviews of 16+ skills provision;

• Joint responsibility with the government to co-design employment support for ‘hardest-to-help’ claimants;

• Responsibility to work with the government to develop and implement a devolved approach to the delivery of business support programmes from 2017 and deliver more integrated working together on investment and trade;

The consultation – largely multiple choice – wants to

get your views on the following…

• Responsibility for ‘key route network’

of roads;

• Planning powers to drive

housebuilding and improvement;

• Devolved 19+ adult skills funding from

2018/19, responsibility for chairing

Area Based reviews of 16+ skills

provision;

• Cross-boundary low emissions and

clean air zones;

• Creation of a HS2 Development

Corporation;

• Mayoral precept and business rate

supplement;

…but you get an additional 100 words for

further comments.

Any questions?Any questions?