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	Hampshire County Council
	Executive Member - Policy and Resources		Item 4
	9 May 2002
	Capital Programme - carry forward of schemes not started by 31 March 2002
	Report of the County Treasurer

Contact: Ian Howell, ext 7540

1 Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

· That the capital schemes not started by 31 March 2002, listed in the Appendix to the accompanying report, be carried forward to 2002/03.

· That the proposals to redeploy resources within the economic, cultural and community development programme contained in the Appendix be agreed.

2 Reason(s)

2.1 A number of capital schemes originally expected to start in 2001/02 were not committed by 31 March 2002 for various reasons as explained in the accompanying report. Approval is required for those to be carried forward and started in 2002/03.

3 Other options considered and rejected:

3.1 Not applicable

4 Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or a member or officer consulted

4.1 Not applicable.

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee

5.1 Not applicable.

6 Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent

6.1 Not applicable.

Approved by: ................................... ... Date: .........................

Councillor T K Thornber


	Hampshire County Council
	Executive Member - Policy and Resources		Item 4
	9 May 2002
	Capital Programme - carry forward of schemes not started by 31 March 2002
	Report of the County Treasurer

Contact: Ian Howell, ext 7540

1 Introduction

1.1 Approval is required to carry forward those capital schemes which were planned to start by 31 March 2002 but which, for the reasons set out in the Appendix to this report, will not now start until the current financial year.

2 Schemes to be carried forward

2.1 The total value of schemes to be carried forward for a start in 2002/03 is £19.2m. In addition, during the year a further £4.4m of Education schemes have been approved for carry forward to 2002/03. Including these Education schemes, 15.2% of the 2001/02 programme will have been carried forward to 2002/03. This is a smaller proportion of the programme than in 2000/01 and, as the table below illustrates, there has been a substantial increase in the value of projects started in 2001/02. This shows that the measures taken during the year to improve the delivery of the capital programme have begun to pay dividends. The percentage of the programme actually started during the year has increased from 67.4% in 2000/01 to 84.8% in 2001/02, despite the 2001/02 programme being much larger than the 2000/01 programme.

1999/00 2000/01 2001/02

£m £m £m

Value of projects started 40.9 70.5 131.3

Value of projects carried forward 27.3 34.0 23.6

to following year

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Total programme 68.2 104.5 154.9

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Percentage of programme started 60.0% 67.4% 84.8%

2.2 There are a variety of reasons why schemes have not started by 31 March 2002, as shown in the Appendix. A number of schemes are dependent upon specific negotiations and arrangements being made with third parties. There have also been some additions made to the programme part way through the year.

2.3 The largest projects not started by 31 March 2002 are:

Mill Chase Community School (£1.2m)	-	Delays to planning process due to Environment Agency requirements, coupled with a review of scheme to include site drainage works.
Hounsdown Secondary School (£0.7m)	-	Time taken to secure funding contributions.
A325/A30 Blackwater Valley Route 1 bus priority corridor (£0.9m)	-	Additional funding required.
Capital and major repairs (£1.3m)	-	Balance of block allocation needed to be carried forward to fund : · access initiative schemes, the programme for which depends upon the outcome of a major Access Audit programme; · works on County Farms which were not able to proceed because of access restrictions owing to foot and mouth disease; · contributions to major capital schemes.
New Deal for Schools (NDS) (£4.4m)	-	A major increase in the Government's funding for the County Council's condition works for 2001/02 was not announced until November 2001. Programmes are being developed to ensure the funds are committed by the deadline of August 2002.
Alton Library (£1.4m)	-	Time taken to agree design and gain planning approval.

2.4 The total value of these six large schemes is £9.9m which represents 51.6% of the total value of schemes for which approval to carry forward is now sought. About 60 smaller schemes and an unallocated provision make up the remaining £9.3m. All the schemes are listed in the Appendix.

2.5 Approval is sought for proposals included in the Appendix to redeploy resources within the economic, cultural and community development programme, which are not required for their originally planned purpose, to support alternative schemes in the Gosport area or to be transferred to revenue to finance two posts formerly financed by Konver grant.

2.6 It is recommended that approval be given to carry forward the schemes listed in the Appendix to 2002/03 subject to the latest estimated costs of the schemes being accommodated within the overall starts limits for 2002/03.

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1. Published works.

2. Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.

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