- Multi-area agreement
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Not to be confused with Local area agreement.
A multi-area agreement was an English political framework that aimed to encourage cross boundary partnership working at the regional and sub-regional levels.[1] They were defined by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) as voluntary agreements between two or more top tier (county councils or metropolitan district councils) or unitary local authorities, their partners and the government to work collectively to improve local economic prosperity.[2]
There are currently fifteen signed off multi-area agreements in England:[3][4] However, these are due to be folded into the new Local Enterprise Partnerships preferred by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government [1].
MAA name Local authorities Established Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Bournemouth, Poole, Dorset: Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, Weymouth, Portland July 2008 Greater Manchester Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan July 2008 Leeds City Region Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield, York, North Yorkshire: Selby, Craven, Harrogate July 2008 Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH) Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire: East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, New Forest, Test Valley, Winchester July 2008 South Yorkshire Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley July 2008 Tees Valley Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees July 2008 Tyne and Wear Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland July 2008 Leicester and Leicestershire Leicester, Leicestershire: Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston January 2009 Liverpool City Region Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral January 2009 Pennine Lancashire Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire: Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley, Rossendale January 2009 Birmingham, Coventry and Black Country City Region Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton September 2009 North Kent Medway, Kent: Gravesham, Swale, Dartford September 2009 West of England Partnership Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire September 2009 Fylde Coast Blackpool, Lancashire: Fylde, Wyre October 2009 Olympic Boroughs Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest March 2010 Additionally there were five areas who were in negotiations with DCLG regarding the development of an MAA:[3]
- Gatwick Diamond
- Hull and Humber
- Milton Keynes South Midlands
- Nottingham
- Regional Cities East
References
- ^ "Multi-area agreements (MAAs)". I&DeA. http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=6960557. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ CLG (2008). Delivering economic prosperity in partnership: The crucial role of the new local performance. Communities and Local Government Publications.
- ^ a b "Signed Multi-Area Agreements and areas working towards them". MAA Forum. http://www.nlgn.org.uk/maaforum/signed-multi-area-agreements-and-areas-working-towards-them/. Retrieved 19 August 2010.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/1435844.pdf
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