Governance information for the LEP
Find out more about the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is governed.
We are committed to the highest standards of openness and public accountability and have taken steps to ensure all of our decision-making and spending is as transparent as possible.
We are committed to the highest standards of openness and public accountability and have taken steps to ensure all of our decision-making and spending is as transparent as possible. You can find more information on the LEP scrutiny arrangements.
On this page, you’ll find more information on our governance, how we're funded, where we spend it and the policies and procedures by which we take decisions
We welcome your feedback on ways we can be even more open and transparent. If you would like to see something that isn’t here or if you have an idea about ways we can be more transparent, please get in touch.
Find out more about the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is governed.
The LEP board brings together business and council leaders to oversee and make strategic decisions related to our Strategic Economic Plan
Minutes are taken at all of our meetings to ensure our organisation and decisions are open and accessible to all
These panels and groups bring together private sector experts and leaders from business and the public sector to advise our LEP Board and drive progress forward across our key areas of work
The Combined Authority is the accountable body for the LEP and is responsible for carrying out the finance functions of the LEP and has oversight of it’s financial and governance, transparency and accountability arrangements.
We work in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined authority to fund and support projects around the region, primarily via the £1 billion LEP Growth Deal – the largest such settlement of any local enterprise partnership area in the country.
Find out about the grants that are available to businesses through the LEP and see the businesses that we’ve supported through these programmes
The Leeds City Region has been notionally allocated £338 million of funding from the European Union to support business growth and create jobs for people in the region over the next seven to ten years.
Businesses and members of the public were invited to submit questions to the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) Board at the LEP Annual General Meeting on 6 June 2019.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s total income in 2019/20 is £398 million - find out where our revenue comes from and how we spend it to support the growth and prosperity of the region.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the LEP are committed to open government, transparency and the proactive release of the information it holds under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
This section covers financial information relating the LEP. You can request print copies of any of the publications below.
This section covers financial information relating to project and actual income and expenditure, tendering, procurement and contracts for the Combined Authority and LEP. You can request print copies of any of the publications below.