Title page 1

Contents 3

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4

SUMMARY 5

1. INTRODUCTION 7

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 7

RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7

METHODS 8

2. EXISTING EVIDENCE BASE 9

THE EMERGING ROLE OF STRATEGIC AUTHORITIES 9

LEARNING FROM CITIES AND SUBNATIONAL INTEGRATION GOVERNANCE 11

3. THE GOVERNANCE LANDSCAPE: DEVOLUTION, MIGRATION AND ASYLUM 12

THE EVOLVING DEVOLUTION CONTEXT 12

HOW IS MIGRATION CURRENTLY GOVERNED? 13

4. MAPPING THE CURRENT ROLE OF STRATEGIC AUTHORITIES 16

WHICH POLICY AREAS ARE STRATEGIC AUTHORITIES ENGAGING WITH? 16

HOW ARE STRATEGIC AUTHORITIES ENGAGING WITH MIGRATION-RELATED WORKSTREAMS? 22

WHO ARE STRATEGIC AUTHORITIES WORKING WITH ACROSS THE SYSTEM? 23

EMERGING MATURITY TYPOLOGY 25

5. WHAT IS ENABLING OR CONSTRAINING STRONGER STRATEGIC AUTHORITY ACTION? 27

EXISTING STRENGTHS AND ASSETS 27

BARRIERS AND LIMITATIONS 29

6. CONCLUSION: OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE 33

USE EXISTING POWERS AND RELATIONSHIPS MORE SYSTEMATICALLY 33

BUILD CAPACITY AND TEST CLEARER REGIONAL ROLES 35

FORMALISE AND EXPAND REGIONAL ROLES THROUGH FUTURE DEVOLUTION 36

REFERENCES 38

TABLE 4.1. HOW ARE SAs ENGAGING WITH MIGRATION-RELATED WORKSTREAMS? 22

TABLE 4.2. WHO ARE SAs WORKING WITH ACROSS THE SYSTEM? 24

FIGURE 4.1. EMERGING MATURITY TYPOLOGY OF STRATEGIC AUTHORITY ENGAGEMENT WITH MIGRATION 25