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Local skills improvement plans and employer representative bodies

Local skills improvement plans and annual progress reports for each area of the country, and the designated employer representative bodies leading the plans.

From:
Department for Education and Skills England
Published
1 September 2022
Last updated
28 August 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

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Local skills improvement plans and designated employer representative bodies

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Businesses, education providers and organisations can use this list to find the local skills improvement plan (LSIP) for their area and the designated employer representative body (ERB) responsible for leading its development, implementation and review.

Each LSIP brings together local employers, education providers and stakeholders聽 to collaboratively identify skills gaps and issues and actions to resolve.

Updates to this page

Published 1 September 2022
Last updated 28 August 2025 show all updates

  1. Updated with changes to the designation of employer representative bodies (ERBs) and local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) specified areas, following a review which aimed to ensure better alignment with the boundaries of strategic authorities.

  2. Updated to reflect that annual progress reports for 2025 have now been published on the designated employer representative body websites.

  3. Updated the URL for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce in 'Local skills improvement plans and designated employer representative bodies'.

  4. Updated 'Local skills improvement plans and designated employer representative bodies' to reflect the fact that LSIPs' annual progress reports have been published, the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is now established, and the URL for the Shropshire Chamber of Commerce has changed.

  5. Updated 'Local skills improvement plans and designated employer representative bodies' to change the name of the designated ERB for Liverpool City Region and the dates from which the ERB designations came into effect. Added further information about the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.

  6. 'Local skills improvement plans and designated employer representative bodies' has been updated with links to the published plans on the local ERB websites.

  7. Updated 'Notice of designated employer representative bodies' to include more website links.

  8. 'Notice of designated employer representative bodies' has been updated to include more website links.

  9. Updated with details of the ERB for Cheshire and Warrington.

  10. First published.

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