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Local skills improvement plans and designated employer representative bodies

Updated 18 November 2025

Applies to England

Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) unite employers, Strategic Authorities, higher education, further education and Independent Training Providers and wider stakeholders in solving skills challenges together. 

Each LSIP is led by a designated Employer Representative Body (ERB). Information about the ERBs (and dates of designation) and links to the current LSIPs (published summer 2023) and Annual Progress Reports (published in 2024 and 2025) for each area of the country are available below. 

Employers,  higher education, further education and Independent Training Providers, and any other stakeholders with an interest in skills are encouraged to make contact with the designated ERB that is responsible for the local plan.

North-east

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
North East (comprises the existing North of Tyne and North East LSIPs)	North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) Limited - designated in August 2025	County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Strategic Authority: North East Combined Authority
Tees Valley	North East England Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton on Tees Strategic Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority

North-west

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
Cheshire and Warrington	South and North Cheshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in October 2022	Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington
Cumbria	Cumbria Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness
Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce 2025 - designated in October 2025	Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan Strategic Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Lancashire	North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool Strategic Authority: Lancashire Combined County Authority
Liverpool City Region	Liverpool Chamber of Commerce - designated in August 2024	Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral Strategic Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Yorkshire and the Humber

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
Hull and East Yorkshire	Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull Strategic Authority: Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority
South Yorkshire	Doncaster Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield Strategic Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
West Yorkshire	West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield Strategic Authority: West Yorkshire Combined Authority
York and North Yorkshire	West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	North Yorkshire, York Strategic Authority: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

East Midlands

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
East Midlands	Federation of Small Businesses - designated in September 2022	Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Strategic Authority: East Midlands Combined County Authority
Greater Lincolnshire (comprised of part of the existing Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland LSIP)	Federation of Small Businesses - designated in August 2025	Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire Strategic Authority: Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (comprised of parts of the existing Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland LSIP and Leicester and Leicestershire LSIP)	East Midlands Chamber of Commerce - designated in August 2025	Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland
South-East Midlands	Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce (incorporating Milton Keynes Chamber) - designated in September 2022	Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire

West Midlands

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire	Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry - designated in September 2022	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
The Marches	Shropshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
Warwickshire (comprised of part of the existing West Midlands and Warwickshire LSIP)	Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in August 2025	Warwickshire Strategic Authority: Warwickshire County Council
West Midlands (comprised of part of the existing West Midlands and Warwickshire LSIP)	Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in August 2025	Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton Strategic Authority: West Midlands Combined Authority
Worcestershire	Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Worcestershire

East

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Cambridgeshire, Peterborough Strategic Authority: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Greater Essex	Essex Chambers of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Essex, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock
Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Hertfordshire
Norfolk and Suffolk	Norfolk Chambers of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Norfolk, Suffolk

Greater London

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
Greater London (a single LSIP covers the Greater London Authority area)	BusinessLDN - designated in September 2022	Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston Upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster Strategic Authority: Greater London Authority

South-East

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
Buckinghamshire	Buckinghamshire Business First - designated in September 2022	Buckinghamshire Strategic Authority: Buckinghamshire Council
Hampshire and Solent (comprised of parts of the existing Solent and Enterprise M3 LEP LSIPs)	Hampshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in August 2025	Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton
Kent and Medway	Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Kent, Medway
Oxfordshire	Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group - designated in September 2022	Oxfordshire
Surrey (comprised of part of the existing Enterprise M3 LEP LSIP)	Surrey Chambers of Commerce - designated in August 2025	Surrey Strategic Authority: Surrey County Council
Sussex and Brighton	Sussex Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex
Thames Valley Berkshire	Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group - designated in September 2022	Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham

South-West

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB and effective date	Locations covered
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	Federation of Small Businesses - designated in September 2022	Cornwall, The Isles of Scilly Strategic Authority: Cornwall Council
Dorset	Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset
Gloucestershire	Business West Chambers of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Gloucestershire
Greater Devon (comprised of part of the existing Heart of the South West LSIP)	Devon Chamber of Commerce - designated in August 2025	Devon, Plymouth, Torbay Strategic Authority: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
Somerset (comprised of part of the existing Heart of the South West LSIP)	Business West Chambers of Commerce - designated in August 2025	Somerset
Swindon and Wiltshire	Business West Chambers of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Swindon, Wiltshire
West of England and North Somerset	Business West Chambers of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Strategic Authority: West of England

LSIP transitional areas

Ahead of the development of the new round of LSIPs (that began in October 2025), the LSIP specified areas (geographies) were reviewed to ensure alignment with Strategic Authority boundaries, where possible. This was to help facilitate the policy intent in the English Devolution White Paper of joint ownership of the LSIP model between ERBs and Strategic Authorities, in areas with devolution.  Where an LSIP specified area has changed, the designated ERB listed below will remain designated to lead the implementation and review of the existing LSIP until a new LSIP(s) covering the area is published in Summer 2026.

LSIP specified area	Designated ERB	Locations covered
Enterprise M3 LEP (now covered by the Hampshire and Solent LSIP and Surrey LSIP)	Surrey Chambers of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Hampshire (excluding the districts of Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, New Forest), Surrey
Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland (now covered by the Greater Lincolnshire LSIP and Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland LSIP)	Federation of Small Businesses - designated in September 2022	Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Rutland
Heart of the South West (now covered by the Greater Devon LSIP and Somerset LSIP)	Devon and Somerset Local Skills Improvement Plan - designated in September 2022	Devon, Plymouth, Torbay, and Somerset
Leicester and Leicestershire (now covered by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland LSIP)	East Midlands Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Leicester and Leicestershire
North East (now covered by the new North East LSIP)	North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) Limited - designated in September 2022	County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Strategic Authority: North-East Combined Authority
Solent (now covered by the Hampshire and Solent LSIP)	Hampshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton, and the following districts in Hampshire: Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, New Forest
West Midlands and Warwickshire (now covered by the West Midlands LSIP and Warwickshire LSIP)	Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce - designated in September 2022	Warwickshire, West Midlands Combined Authority

For the purposes of the LSIPs programme and this page, the term Strategic Authority is used to mean mayoral and non-mayoral combined authorities, combined county authorities, and the Greater London Authority. It also includes those single Local Authority areas that have adult skills functions conferred on them by regulations made under the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016.