Policy paper

Identifying and meeting local skills needs to support growth

What the government is doing to support areas across England to reshape technical skills to better meet the needs of employers and the wider economy.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 1 September 2022
• Last updated: 8 April 2024
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  1. 8 April 2024

     Updated 'Local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) and local skills improvement fund (LSIF)' to reflect the implementation of stage 2 LSIP and funding beginning for LSIF.

  2. 11 August 2023

     Information has been added on the local skills improvement fund (LSIF) and there has been an update to information on the local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) in line with the publication of the plans by designated employer representative bodies.

  3. 19 October 2022

     Updated to reflect the designation of ERBs for all 38 areas of England and the publication of updated statutory guidance on local skills improvement plans.

  4. 1 September 2022

     First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This publication was withdrawn on 18 November 2025

Read the latest information about local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) in Local skills improvement plans and employer representative bodies. The local skills improvement fund (LSIF) ended in March 2025.

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Information about local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) and the local skills improvement fund (LSIF).