Resolved –

That the minutes of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund Investment Advisory Panel held on 29 April 2021 were considered and noted.

                                                (Rodney Barton – 01274 432317)

Resolved –

That the public be excluded from the meeting during the

consideration of the items relating to minutes of the West

Yorkshire Pension Fund Investment Advisory Panel meeting

held on 29 April 2021 because the information to be considered is exempt information within paragraph 3 (Financial or Business Affairs) of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.  It is also considered that it is in the public interest to exclude public access to this item.

Resolved-

That the minutes of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund Pension Board Meeting held on 23 March 2021 were considered and noted.

                                                            (Caroline Blackburn – 01274 434523)

Resolved-

That the report be noted and referred to Council for adoption at the next available meeting.

Action:  Director of Finance

                                                                        (David Willis – 01274 432361)

                                                                        (Lynsey Simenton – 07582 102779)

Resolved-

That consideration be given to jointly funding a dedicated post to coordinate and lead on the work to increase diversity in senior leadership in the Public Sector which would involve contribution from all partners.

A further update is received in 6 months’ time to the Board outlining progress of the work, providing a comparative data analysis and should also include targets.

Action:           Chief Executive

                                                            (Anne Lloyd – 01274 437335)

Resolved-

(1)       That the Board considered the information presented in Document “A”, and synergies with other partnership updates received by the Board.

(2)       That the Board endorses the approach taken to date and promotes the work of the Employment and Skills Partnership through their own organisations and networks, and considers opportunities to support different interventions and placement types.

(3)       That an update to the Board is received on the Health and Social Care Economic Partnership; including progress on the KickStart programme, and use of the Apprenticeship Levy.

(4)       That member organisations engage with SkillsHouse to open up Kick-start placement opportunities for young people aged 16-24 in line with the six strands set out in section 3.3 of Document “A”.

                                                       (Matt Findull – 01274 439572)

Resolved –

That the report (Document “B”) be deferred to a future meeting.

Action:  Health and Wellbeing Partnerships Manager

                                                                        (Sadia Hussain – 07929 024 881)

That having considered all valid representations made by the parties to the hearing; valid written representations received during the statutory period, the published statement of licensing policy and relevant statutory guidance; the Panel grants the application.

(Melanie McGurk – 01274 431873)

Resolved –

That having considered all valid representations made by the parties to the hearing; valid written representations received during the statutory period, the published statement of licensing policy and relevant statutory guidance; the Panel grants the application.

(Melanie McGurk – 01274 431873)