THAT the Joint Committee:

a) Note the update and support the LEP Director in:

i. the request made to all project sponsors to bring forward

expenditure on their Growth Deal projects

ii. working to maximise growth deal 2016/17 expenditure and minimise

underspend and potential loss of LGF to the LEP Programme; and

b) Agree the principle of virements and vire LGF1 grant between approved LGF1 projects being delivered (principally from Telford Growth Point to Telford Eastern Gateway Project).