Heart of the South West Devolution - Newsletter 5

Welcome to the fifth weekly update from the Heart of the South West Devolution Programme Management Office. Please share this newsletter with colleagues and in your own communications.

This week, we can report back on a key meeting of Heart of the South West Leaders and Chief Executives.

If you would like to give us any feedback on this newsletter, or would like more information on any of the topics discussed, please email us on DevolutionPMO@somerset.gov.uk and our team will gladly help you.

Best wishes

Heart of the South West Devolution Programme Management Office

12 November Heart of the South West Meeting At this meeting in Exeter, the Heart of the South West Leaders and Chief Executives – the LEP, all 19 authorities as well as Clinical Commissioning Group representatives – looked at the early thoughts from each of the theme leads, talked about the shared ambition for our detailed proposals, and agreed to move forward. Each of the theme leads gave a short presentation followed by a question and answer session. Broad agreement was reached on each theme. The objectives for each are summarised

Timeline to submit our bid

Now: Theme groups finalising their draft chapters and first full draft being written

13 November: Draft chapters passed to the Programme Management Office to be compiled into a single draft bid.

19 November: Single draft distributed to partners for comment and feedback by 24 November

25 November: Leader and Chief Executive meeting to examine the detailed draft

26 November – 18 December: Reworking of the draft bid and formal approval of the bid by individual partners.

18 December: Formal submission of our devolution bid to Government.