Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)

Funidng for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) ceased from April 2024 with functions being transferred to local authorities and, where not already delivered, to combined authorities[1].

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Historical Context

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) were business led partnerships between Local Authorities and local private sector businesses.

There were 38 across England and were focused on determining local economic priorities and undertaking activities to drive economic growth and job creation, improve infrastructure and raise workforce skills within the local area.

The Spring budget 2023 set out an intention to withdraw core funding from April 2024, transferring functions of the LEPs to local authorities and combined authorities.

Map of LEPs[2]

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Listing

  1. Black Country
  2. Buckinghamshire
  3. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
  4. Cheshire & Warrington
  5. Coast to Capital
  6. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
  7. Coventry and Warwickshire
  8. Cumbria
  9. Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
  10. Dorset
  11. Enterprise M3
  12. GFirst
  13. Greater Birmingham & Solihull
  14. Greater Lincolnshire
  15. Greater Manchester
  16. Heart of the South West
  17. Hertfordshire
  18. Humber
  19. Lancashire
  20. Leeds City Region
  21. Leicester & Leicestershire
  22. Liverpool City Region
  23. London
  24. New Anglia
  25. North East
  26. Oxfordshire
  27. Sheffield City Region
  28. Solent
  29. South East
  30. South East Midlands
  31. Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
  32. Swindon and Wiltshire
  33. Tees Valley
  34. Thames Valley Berkshire
  35. The Marches
  36. West of England
  37. Worcestershire
  38. York, North Yorkshire and East Riding

References:

  1. Guidance for LEPs and Local Combined Authorities: Integration of LEP Functions (.gov article Aug 2023)
  2. LEPs Map