| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to a multi-departmental, long-term integrated funding settlement | ✓ | ||
| Long-term investment fund, with an agreed annual allocation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ability to introduce mayoral precepting on council tax | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory duty to produce Local Growth Plan | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Membership of the Council of Nations and Regions | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Membership of the Mayoral Data Council | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Transport Authority and public transport functions, including bus franchising and responsibility for an area-wide Local Transport Plan | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Removal of certain Secretary of State consents, e.g. on lane rental schemes | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Duty to establish a Key Route Network on the most important local roads | ✓ | ✓ | |
| A ‘right to request’ further rail devolution | ✓ | ||
| A clear, strategic role in the decarbonisation of the local bus fleet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Formal partnership with National Highways | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint ownership of the Local Skills Improvement Plan model, with Employer Representative Bodies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devolution of the core Adult Skills Fund | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devolution of non-apprenticeship adult skills functions through a consolidated skills funding pot | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Central convening of youth careers provision including greater flexibility for Careers hubs | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Responsibility for developing local Get Britain Working Plans | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devolution of supported employment funding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alignment of Jobcentre Plus boundaries with Strategic Authorities | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A duty to produce a Spatial Development Strategy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Strategic development management powers (once the Spatial Development Strategy is in place) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ability to raise a Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy to fund strategic infrastructure (once the Spatial Development Strategy is in place) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ability to make Mayoral Development Orders | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ability to establish Mayoral Development Corporations | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Homes England compulsory purchase powers (held concurrently) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devolution of wider grant funding to support regeneration and housing delivery | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ability to set the strategic direction of any future programme to support affordable housing provision in their area | ✓ | ||
| Strategic Place Partnership with Homes England | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Support to establish a public sector land commission | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embed UK Research and Innovation lead points of contact for enhanced collaborative working on innovation with Mayoral Strategic Authorities that are committed to work collaboratively on innovation | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Responsibility as the accountable body for the delivery of Growth Hubs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devolution of Growth Hubs funding | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devolution of retrofit funding this parliament subject to a successful transition period | ✓ | ||
| Heat network zoning coordination role | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coordinating local energy planning to support development of regional network energy infrastructure | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Green jobs and skills coordination role | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| A strategic role on net zero in collaboration with government, including on Great British Energy’s Local Power Plan and Warm Homes Plan | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Responsibility for coordinating delivery and monitoring of Local Nature Recovery Strategies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A bespoke statutory health improvement and health inequalities duty | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mayors engaged during the Integrated Care Boards chair appointment process | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Mayors as members of local Integrated Care Partnerships, and consideration for position of chair or co-chair | ✓ | ✓ | |
| A role in convening partners and driving cross-cutting public service reform, including looking at areas such as multiple disadvantage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detail of function or power available | Foundation | Mayoral | Established (18 months mayoral) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayors accountable for the exercise of Police and Crime Commissioner functions where police force and mayoral boundaries align | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Mayors accountable for the exercise of Fire and Rescue Authority functions where fire and rescue service and mayoral boundaries align | ✓ | ✓ | |
| A clear and defined role in local resilience, working with the Local Resilience Forum to embed resilience into broader policy and delivery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |