<p>Autistic people and people with severe or specific learning disabilities are the least likely of all disabled people to be in work. We are providing £7.3m of grant funding to local authorities to deliver Local Supported Employment, supporting around 2,000 autistic and learning-disabled people to find and stay in work. Grant funding for LSE has been awarded to the following 23 lead local authorities in England and Wales:</p><ul><li>Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council</li><li>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council</li><li>Bradford Metropolitan District Council</li><li>Cheshire West and Chester Council</li><li>City of Cardiff Council</li><li>Durham County Council</li><li>Gloucestershire County Council</li><li>Hertfordshire County Council</li><li>Kent County Council</li><li>Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council</li><li>Lancashire County Council</li><li>Leicester City Council</li><li>Lincolnshire County Council</li><li>Norfolk County Council</li><li>Oxfordshire County Council</li><li>Pembrokeshire County Council</li><li>Salford City Council</li><li>Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council</li><li>Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council</li><li>Southampton City Council</li><li>Surrey County Council</li><li>The Council of the City of Wakefield</li><li>Tower Hamlets London Borough Council</li></ul><p> </p><p>In three areas, local authorities are working together by forming a cluster to provide this support, taking the total number of local authorities to 28. These are:</p><ul><li>Kent County Council are working with:</li></ul><p>o Medway Council</p><ul><li>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council are working with:</li></ul><p>o Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p>o Sheffield City Council</p><ul><li>Pembrokeshire County Council are working with:</li></ul><p>o Carmarthenshire County Council</p><p>o Ceredigion County Council</p>