Social Value Ideas for Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

Transport capital programme

The board approved a consolidated transport capital programme and draft local transport plan covering allocations through 2030/31. Officers explained that the programme is intentionally over-programme…

“I mean this report builds on that discussion that members were just um having. So, um, we I think we advised the January board of the multi-year fundi…”

Transport operating model confirmed

The board confirmed that from Wednesday the CCA would exercise local transport authority functions, but the operating model for 2026/27 largely remains as before, with constituent council teams contin…

“we have brought uh various reports on transport uh or the the command authority exercising autonomously exercising local transport authority powers fr…”

Transport levy may be future option

Members discussed a possible transport levy as a future funding mechanism if the transport operating model changes, but officers confirmed that no levy is being sought for 2026/27. The paper mentions …

“So just in terms of the management fee reference that links back to the funding source around the government grant. So that's the core capacity grant …”

Transition year for transport

The board endorsed an implementation approach treating 2026-27 as a transition year for local transport powers, with current operational arrangements largely remaining in place and no transport levy i…

“"I'm proposing to members that from an operational perspective uh the uh largely largely speaking the the operations will remain in place and we treat…”

Audit fee overruns budget

The CCA forecast a year-end overspend, largely because the Public Sector Audit Appointments fee for auditing the CCA accounts was far higher than budgeted. Officers said they are challenging the fee a…

“"overall we're now forecasting uh an overspend against our set budget of £288,99 uh to the year end. That is a significant adverse variance based on t…”

Year-end surplus carried forward

The board noted a better-than-forecast year-end outturn for 2025/26, including an underspend on core team delivery and surpluses on operational and capital activity. The report proposed carrying forwa…

“Um so in terms of the core team delivery um at month 12 um cine operating expenditure was 938,000. That's 195,000 higher than the full year budget of …”

Revenue budget forecast stable

Month 3 monitoring showed the board forecasting a small year-end underspend of £175,000 on core delivery, broadly break-even overall. The report also noted £2.7 million spent on revenue programme deli…

“essentially table under 2.1 um we are forecasting a small underpend for the end of the year 175,000 that is essentially break even um but recognizing …”

New CFO appointment

The board approved the designation of Virginia Harris as chief finance officer for the authority, replacing Matthew in the role once she starts next week. This is an internal governance appointment ra…

“Sean, >> thank you very much. Just very briefly, um Matt has moved into the substantive role that Deon County Council Devon County Council provides th…”

Adult skills framework approved

A three-year adult skills framework was described, with an option to extend by two years. It will be used for adult skills fund delivery and other skills activity, subdivided by geography and type of …

“It uh focuses on the readiness of the DTCCA through its service level agreement with Devon County Council um to be able to receive the adult skills fu…”

Inclusive skills lot for hard-to-reach groups

The adult skills framework includes a dedicated inclusion and employability lot aimed at NEET, home-educated and other hard-to-reach learners, with providers expected to offer outreach and confidence-…

“What I saw today was an opportunity to expand provision and a provider that's doing a fantastic job with our most vulnerable young people and actually…”