Decision details
To accept grant funding to deliver a refugee integration programme in the Yorkshire and Humber region
Reference: D48015
Decision Maker: Director of Communities, Housing & Environment
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To accept grant funding to deliver a refugee integration programme in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Grant funding would be received from the ‘Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund’, and re-distributed to partner organisations to deliver services to increase refugee to integration in the Yorkshire and Humber region
Decision:
The Director of Communities and Environment approved the requests to:
- Accept a grant agreement from the Home Office to manage the Refugee Integration Yorkshire and Humber programme.
- Enter into partnership agreements for delivery of the Refugee Integration Yorkshire and Humber programme with the following organisations:
o Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
o Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
o Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
o Hull City Council
o Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
o University of Salford
- Enter into agreements with other organisations that the Head of Migration Yorkshire believes are required to deliver the Refugee Integration Yorkshire and Humber programme.
- Enter into such other documents that the Head of Migration Yorkshire believes are needed to enable Leeds City Council to deliver the Refugee Integration Yorkshire and Humber programme.
Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Partner organisations and Local Authorities across the Yorkshire & Humber region
Consultees
Executive Member for Communities
Contact: David Brown, Head of Migration Yorkshire 0113 3789013 Email: david.2.brown@migrationyorkshire.org.uk.
Publication date: 02/10/2018
Date of decision: 10/10/2018
Effective from: 18/10/2018
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