Agenda

Transport for the North Board - Monday, 9th December, 2024 1.00 pm

Venue: Friends Meeting House - 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS

Contact: Gary Rich

Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	Welcome & Apologies The Chair to welcome Members and the public to the meeting. Lead: Chair
2.	Declarations of Interest Members are required to declare any personal, prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interest they may have relating to items on the agenda and state the nature of such interest. Lead: Chair
3.	Minutes of the Previous Meeting (5 minutes) PDF 123 KB To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Monday 16 September 2024 (including updates on agreed matters as appropriate). Lead: Chair Additional documents: CEO Update - December 24 , item 3. PDF 39 KB TfN Quarterly Operating Report Q2 July-September, 21/11/2024 Scrutiny Committee , item 3. PDF 325 KB
4.	Presentation: Transport for Greater Manchester (15 minutes) PDF 700 KB An update on delivery of the Bee Network, including progress with bus franchising and integration of local rail services. Lead: Stephen Rhodes/Simon Elliott
5.	Business Planning for 2025/26 (20 minutes) PDF 126 KB View the background to item 5. To consider and provide a steer on TfN’s emerging business plan for 2025/26. Lead: Katie Day Additional documents: Appendix 1 2025/26 Business Planning , item 5. PDF 71 KB
6.	Annual Governance Statement, Statement of Accounts and Audit Opinion 2023/24 (10 minutes) PDF 90 KB View the background to item 6. To consider and agree the Accounts for 2023/24. Lead: Paul Kelly Additional documents: Appendix 1 Corporate Governance Review and Annual Governance Statement Report , item 6. PDF 87 KB Appendix 2 Annual Progress Report of the Audit and Governance Committee , item 6. PDF 95 KB Appendix 3 Audit and Governance Committee Terms of Reference , item 6. PDF 30 KB Appendix 4 Audit and Governance Committee Terms of Reference Activity , item 6. PDF 49 KB Appendix 5 Annual Statement of Accounts Report , item 6. PDF 80 KB There are a further 2 documents.View the full list of documents for item 6.
7.	Decarbonisation Strategy Stocktake and Action Plan Update (15 minutes) PDF 96 KB View the background to item 7. To consider the update on Transport for the North’s Decarbonisation Strategy stocktake and agree next steps. Lead: Peter Cole
8.	Spending Review: Priorities (20 minutes) View the background to item 8. To consider and agree pan-regional priorities for input into the multi-year spending review. Lead: Martin Tugwell
9.	Governance Update (5 minutes) PDF 112 KB View the background to item 9. To consider and agree recommendations from General Purposes Committee. Lead: Julie Openshaw
10.	Rail North Committee (10 minutes) PDF 122 KB View the background to item 10. To receive an update on the work of the Committee. Lead: David Hoggarth
11.	Communications and Engagement Strategy (5 minutes) PDF 103 KB View the background to item 11. To receive and note the update on communications and engagement. Lead: Katie Day
12.	Corporate Risk Register (5 minutes) PDF 106 KB View the background to item 12. To receive and note the updated corporate risk register. Lead: Paul Kelly Additional documents: Appendix 1 Corporate Risk Register , item 12. PDF 4 MB
13.	Date and Time of Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on 17 March 2025 1.00-3.00pm.
14.	Exclusion of Press and Public To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Item 15 on the grounds that: It involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the Paragraphs 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
15.	Appointment of Monitoring Officer (10 minutes) View the reasons why item 15. is restricted View the background to item 15. To approve the appointment of the new Monitoring Officer. Lead: Katie Day