Decision details

Received the final report of the Improving Employment Prospects Policy Commission which was established to investigate ways in which to improve the employability of local people.

Agreed the recommendations as set out in the final report.

It was also noted that Barking and Dagenham has recently been awarded £15.5 million over the next three years under the first round of the new Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI), a Government programme to boost business and enterprise in deprived areas.

Barking and Dagenham's successful bid, which could be worth £34.7 million over 10 years, subject to future Government Spending Reviews, was one of ten successful bids out of the fifty-five Local Authorities across England who applied.