top of page

Create Your First Project

Start adding your projects to your portfolio. Click on "Manage Projects" to get started

Assurance Framework

Client:

York & North Yorkshire LEP

Study objectives:

• Review the latest Government guidance and audit the existing Assurance Framework identifying development areas;
• Work with staff to review current application and appraisal form for the Local Growth Fund, and develop new approach;
• Update the Assurance Framework including swim lane process maps; and,
• Revise the Assurance Framework with feedback from the LEP Board.

Adrian Green - Head of LEP Assurance

'We found the quality of business cases submitted rose and the appraisal process became smoother. We were delighted with the outcomes from the commission.'

We were commissioned to assist the Local Enterprise Partnership review and revise their Assurance Framework to reflect the National Local Growth Assurance Framework issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
​
We commenced by organising and facilitating a workshop with LEP staff to review the current Outline and Full Business Cases, and appraisal template. We totally re-designed the business case templates and focussed them around a much clearer narrative that starts with the challenge and/or opportunity that the applicant seeks to overcome, and builds the case around this. The image below shows the structure of the revised Outline and Full Business cases.

We ensured that the updated business case templates were fully compliant with Green Book guidance. The updated templates contained built-in guidance for applicants, negating the need for a separate guidance document.

We then audited the existed Assurance Framework to check compliance with the latest MHCLG guidance. We identified areas that required additional detail, and worked closely with LEP staff to design and write-up new processes, using a swim lane format. We re-wrote the Assurance Framework mirroring the MHCLG guidance and submitted the report to the LEP ahead of schedule.

bottom of page