Please provide the following information:
1) Details of any schemes or programs operated directly by the local authority under the UK Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF) People and Skills priority area. Include the budget and the number of staff allocated to the program or scheme and where appropriate the length of the program or scheme.
Devon County Council (DCC) is not the lead authority for UK SPF in Devon. For more information about the UK SPF projects, please contact the District Councils in Devon.
However, DCC is the lead authority for the delivery of Multiply in Devon. Multiply is a 3 year programme and it is part of the UK SPF funding, overseen by the Department for Education. The Multiply programme is designed to boost numeracy skills in adults aged 19 and over.
DCC delivers Multiply through ‘in house delivery’ covered by Learn Devon (DCC’s adults’ education service) and through external provides as detailed it the answer to the second question.
DCC delivery through Learn Devon:
Due to the geographical spread in Devon staff may work on the project for short periods of time depending on the area. For this reason, Full Time Equivalent (FTE) gives a better indication of the time spent on the project by the staff delivering the Multiply training.
DCC also allocated staff for Quality Assurance, Data Management, Programme Management and Finance for the Multiply programme – this includes activity for both the internal and external delivery. These members of staff are part time allocated to the programme, ranging from 0.1 FTE to 0.6 FTE.
| Number of staff | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | |||||
| Tutors FTE | 0.9 FTE | 1.0 FTE | 1.6 FTE | |||||
| Non-direct teaching staff FTE | 3.3 FTE | 3.3 FTE | 1.7 FTE | |||||
| Quality Assurance/Data management/Programme management and admin staff | 11 members of staff – all part time | 10 members of staff – all part time | 9 members of staff – all part time |
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| Ad-hoc tutors are not covered in the above staffing numbers to allow for bespoke courses to be provided and use capacity available within service. Non-direct staff with teaching qualifications also support interventions. | ||||||||
| 2022-2023 Year 1 Spent |
2023-2024 Year 2 Spent |
2024-2025 Year 3 Budget |
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| Total Learn Devon Delivery | £158,936 | £379,577 | £374,766 | |||||
| DCC Management and admin | £63,641 | £102,074 | £108,257 | |||||
| Total | £222,576 | £481,651 | £483,023 | |||||
2) Details of any organisation which has been awarded contracts by the local authority to deliver services covered by the remit of the UKSPF People and Skills priority area, such as upskilling, employment support, and skills provision.
Include the names of the organisations, the amounts awarded, and the length of the contract.
The following providers have been contracted by DCC to deliver innovative numeracy projects and training under the Devon Multiply programme:
| Name of Organisation | Project |
Year 1 2022-2023 Spent |
Year 2 2023-2024 Spent |
Year 3 2024-2025 Contracted amount |
| YTKO | Getting to Grips with Numeracy | £53,645.99 | £127,848.00 | £152,410.80 |
| South Devon College | SDC Multiply Devon | £34,776.63 | £62,422.93 | £62,422.93 |
| Exeter College | Exeter College Multiply Programme | £36,035.57 | £67,200.00 | |
| Exeter College | Design & Craft with Numbers | £22,616.65 | ||
| Eat That Frog | Multiply Programme Delivery | £12,817.60 | £47,040.19 | £67,166.00 |
| PETROC | Breaking the Maths Cycle | £17,072.92 | £31,211.01 | |
| PETROC | Numeracy Café | £10,458.39 | ||
| I Can Do That! | It All Adds Up | £28,193.65 | £36,933.21 | £64,608.57 |
| West Devon Business Information Point | Everyone counts | £13,678.35 | ||
| Focus training Limited | Maths skills (Devon) | £1,683.06 | £1,674.48 | |
| Living options | Cost of Living | £14,509.49 | ||
| Cosmic | Head on – Tackling the costs of living crisis | £49,053.10 | £35,460.68 | |
| City College Plymouth | Community Counts | £7,134.24 | ||
| University of Plymouth | Enhancing Numeracy for young adults (Care leavers) | £5,873.03 | ||
| Soundart Radio | Everybody Counts | £25,794.66 | £29,323.63 | £43,344.00 |
| Soundart Radio | Everybody Counts (Access & Inclusion) | £52,800.00 | £73,920.00 | |
| Libraries Unlimited | Libraries Unlimited – Multiply | £17,000.00 | ||
| Immersion in the Community CIC | Virtual Reality Maths | £15,104.95 | £17,829.96 | |
| Argyle Community Trust | Winning with Numbers | £19,610.00 | ||
| Cornwall Marine Network | Maths for Work | £7,433.95 | £22,945.00 |