Research and Publications: Skills 

A high level overview of programmes being delivered for 16-19 residents, travel to learn patterns and provision accessed by learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities (LDD). 

A high level overview of young people’s attainment at level 2 and level 3 by age 19, attainment between different groups of learners and learner progression.

A high level overview of trends in participation for young people aged 16-19, changes in participation of young people in different groups and participation rates of 16 and 17 year olds.

Strategy outlining the Partnership's programme for improving skills, productivity and employment across the Leeds City Region

Technical appendices outlining the evidence base support the LCR Employment and Skills Strategy including employment base, occupational structure, population, enterprise, skills and employer demand.

This report provides an initial assessment of employment and skills issues facing the Leeds City Region and considers both current and future labour supply and demand. It is based on currently available data and serves to underpin the emerging Adult Employment and Skills Strategy for the City Region.

The Interim Report of Stephen Houghton's Tackling Worklessness Review contains the Review team's current thinking on how successful multi-agency and cross-sector local partnerships can best tackle worklessness in their communities.

The Green Paper “No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility” was a wide ranging consultation on the future of welfare. It set out plans for improving support and work incentives to create a system that rewards responsibility and delivers greater choice and control over the support that is provided.

Skills & Labour Market Panel response to the Department for Work and Pensions consultation.

This document sets out the framework for welfare and employment reform to be taken forward through changes to how the landscape is funded and the nature of welfare.