Statutory guidance
Annex B: Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) geographical areas (new 39 LSIP areas)
Updated 18 November 2025
Applies to England
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| LSIP area | Locations covered and name of strategic authority in areas where they exist. |
|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Strategic Authority: Buckinghamshire Council |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | Cambridgeshire, Peterborough Strategic Authority: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority |
| Cheshire and Warrington | Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington |
| Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly | Cornwall, The Isles of Scilly Strategic Authority: Cornwall Council |
| Cumbria | Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness |
| Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset |
| East Midlands | Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Strategic Authority: East Midlands Combined County Authority |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire |
| Greater Devon | Devon, Plymouth, Torbay Strategic Authority: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority |
| Greater Essex | Essex, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock |
| Greater Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North-East Lincolnshire Strategic Authority: Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority |
| Greater London (a single LSIP to cover the Greater London Authority area) |
Strategic Authority: Greater London Authority Given the large size of the population, this may include annexes to the LSIP that present more localised information at the level of the four groupings which London boroughs largely organise themselves around: Central London Forward: Camden, City of London, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster Local London: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Enfield, Redbridge, Waltham Forest South London Partnership: Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton West London Alliance: Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow |
| Greater Manchester | Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan Strategic Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority |
| Hampshire and the Solent | Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton |
| Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire |
| Hull and East Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull Strategic Authority: Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority |
| Kent and Medway | Kent, Medway |
| Lancashire | Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool Strategic Authority: Lancashire Combined County Authority |
| Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland | Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland |
| Liverpool City Region | Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral Strategic Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority |
| Norfolk and Suffolk | Norfolk, Suffolk |
| North-East | County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Strategic Authority: North-East Combined Authority |
| Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire |
| South Yorkshire | Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield Strategic Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority |
| South-East Midlands | Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire |
| Somerset | Somerset |
| Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire |
| Surrey | Surrey Strategic Authority: Surrey County Council |
| Sussex and Brighton | Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex |
| Swindon and Wiltshire | Swindon, Wiltshire |
| Tees Valley | Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton on Tees Strategic Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority |
| Thames Valley Berkshire | Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham |
| The Marches | Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin |
| Warwickshire | Warwickshire Strategic Authority: Warwickshire County Council |
| West Midlands | Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton Strategic Authority: West Midlands Combined Authority |
| West of England and North Somerset | Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire Strategic Authority: West of England Combined Authority |
| West Yorkshire | Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield Strategic Authority: West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
| Worcestershire | Worcestershire |
| York and North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire, York Strategic Authority: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority |
The term Strategic Authority is used within this guidance 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.