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	Hampshire County Council
	Executive Member - Environment	Item 4
	16 July 2002
	Final Accounts 2001/02
	Report of the County Treasurer, County Surveyor and County Planning Officer

Contact: Ejner Knudsen, ext 7403

1 Summary

1.1 This report summarises the Environment Service's spending in 2001/02.

1.2 It recommends that the final accounts for 2001/02 be approved and that £18,000, representing the Service's 50% share of the underspending, be carried forward and added to the 2002/03 budget.

1.3 Overall there is a net underspending of £35,000 (0.05%) against the 2001/02 revenue cash limit of £71.4m.

1.4 The major variations are:

	£'000
Highways management and support services	-86
Highways maintenance	+19
Planning services	+16
Other variations	+16
	-35

1.5 The County Council's policy is that 50% of any underspending should be added to the Service's budget in the following year. Cabinet decides what use should be made of the other 50%. It is proposed that the underspending be allocated to the highways management and support services to help meet the anticipated additional cost in 2002/03 of implementing the highways network management blueprint arrangements.

1.6 In considering the final outturn position compared with the Service's cash limit, variations in expenditure on highways winter maintenance (salting and snow clearance) are excluded. This is because special budgetary arrangements apply whereby any underspendings or overspendings against the winter maintenance budget provision, which is set at a level equivalent to average expenditure during the past four years, are reflected in the County Council's central balances. During 2001/02 winter maintenance expenditure totalled £1,516,000 which was £80,000 above the revised budget provision.

1.7 On capital, schemes to the value of £43.8m started in the year and schemes to the value of £4.1m have been approved by Cabinet to be carried forward to start in 2002/03.

1.8 In total, this exactly matches the overall 2001/02 level of capital programme resources of £47.9m. Additionally, schemes to the value of £5.1m, which were externally funded from developers and other contributions, were also started during the year.

1.9 Further details on the main differences between the actual revenue expenditure and the revised budget for cash limited expenditure are given in Part A below whilst details of revenue expenditure which is not included in the cash limit are contained in the appendices at the end of the report. Part B deals with capital schemes. Part C explains the basis of the financial control assurance statement included as Appendix 8.

2 Part A - Revenue Expenditure under the Service's control

2.1 Revenue expenditure under the Service's direct control is subject to a cash limit. For 2001/02 the adjusted amount is £71.4m as set out in Appendix 1.

2.2 The final outturn was £35,000 less than the cash limit. The overall position is analysed in Appendices 2 and 3. Appendix 4 includes a more detailed statement of variations from the revised budget.

2.3 The underspending in 2001/02 compares with the outturns achieved in recent years for the Environment Services (formerly under the control of Planning and Transportation Committee and Policy and Resources Committee) as set out in the following table:


	Variations from Revised Budget
	£'000	%
1998/99	-92	-0.1
1999/00	-76	-0.1
2000/01	251	0.3
2001/02	-35	-

The most significant elements within the total net underspending are explained in the following paragraphs.

Highways and Transportation Services

2.4 Cash limited revenue expenditure during 2001/02 on the highways and transportation services amounted to £36,669,000, an underspending of £56,000 (-0.2%).

2.5 The main variation on the highways and transportation services was on the budget for the management and support services, which mainly comprise the running costs of the County Surveyor's department together with professional and engineering services provided under the highways agency arrangements with the district councils. The 2001/02 outturn for this division of service showed an underspending of £86,000 (-0.6%) compared with the revised budget cash limit, being mainly attributable to savings from staff vacancies together with additional external income.

2.6 Expenditure on the highways maintenance revenue budget totalled £16,652,000, representing higher expenditure of just £19,000 (0.1%) compared to the final programme limit. A full analysis of the highways maintenance outturn compared to both the revised budget and the final approved works programme is provided in Appendix 5.

2.7 The final outturn on the budget for public transport support and co-ordination amounted to £4,812,000, an overspending of £6,000. The Executive Member will recall that the public transport budget had been under pressure during 2001/02 and that overspendings were projected in previous budget monitoring reports during the year. Corrective action was subsequently taken in the revised budget to increase the bus subsidies budget by allocating savings available from the former revenue budget provision for South Hampshire Rapid Transit and by making use of Rural Bus Subsidy Grant following changes in the rules governing the use of this support by the Government.

2.8 In the event, expenditure during 2001/02 on public transport was largely contained within the increased cash limit. Nevertheless the public transport budget remains under pressure in 2002/03. Although some basic housekeeping efficiencies have already been implemented since the 2002/03 budget was prepared, there remains a significant gap between the current level of budget provision and the projected cost of the subsidised bus services. The funding of this deficit, which is currently of the order of £300,000, will need to be addressed during the year. Pressure on bus subsidies was anticipated when the 2002/03 budget was agreed, and allowance was made as one of the possible calls on balances if this becomes necessary later in the year.

2.9 During 2001/02, the Government made Rural Bus Subsidy Grant of £1,142,000 available to the County Council. This sum was fully consumed in supporting the provision of rural bus services.

Planning Services

2.10 Expenditure on the planning services during 2001/02 totalled £4,090,000 which was £16,000 (0.4%) above the revised budget cash limit. The overspending mainly related to higher expenditure of £27,000 on the Dibden Bay inquiry where developments leading up to and during the initial stages of the inquiry necessitated additional consultancy support beyond the level anticipated when the budget was prepared. This additional expenditure was partially offset by a number of variations across other budget headings, including savings on employees' salaries, reflecting high levels of turnover during the year and difficulties in recruiting replacement staff.

Waste Management

Waste Contract Related Budget

2.11 Final expenditure against the 2001/02 waste management contract related budget totalled £28,593,000. This included an overall call of £2,937,000 on the central contingency held by the Cabinet, which was £97,000 more than earmarked for higher waste management costs during the year.

2.12 The over commitment against the central contingency was entirely related to the costs incurred, £112,000, of storing fridges for disposal during the final quarter of the year. Financial support of £120,000 from the Government for the same period was included in the revenue support grant settlement for 2002/03 and was subsequently added to the current year's central contingency provision for waste management. The £97,000 excess spend in 2001/02 will therefore be carried forward into the new year and will be a first call on the 2002/03 contingency allowance.

2.13 Aside from the fridge funding issue, the outturn for the year was very much in line with the overall budget provision. Household waste volumes were very marginally higher than waste levels in the previous year and thus were well within the tonnage estimate for 2001/02. The lower than anticipated cost of household waste disposal allowed the full cost of the Marchwood off-site highways works to be accommodated as well as prudent provisions to be included in the accounts in respect of unresolved contract claims.

2.14 Civic amenity waste levels were higher than budgeted including a significant increase in waste requiring landfill disposal due to difficulties with compost capacity during the first half of the year. However, the higher than expected costs that resulted were offset by lower incentive payments paid to the management contractors, higher trade waste income and the lower household waste costs referred to earlier.

Other Waste Management Budgets

2.15 Expenditure on the other waste management budgets was contained within the adjusted revised budget limit of £1,945,000. Administration budget savings of £14,000, mainly resulting from staff turnover, helped to offset minor excesses against abandoned vehicles, promotions and household waste recycling centre management costs.

2.16 The abandoned vehicles outturn allows fully for the returns submitted by district councils, who carry out this activity on behalf of the County Council. The recent audit of six of the 11 councils did impact to some degree on the year end returns, although discussions are still taking place with certain of the districts relating to recommendations arising from the audits. Audits of the remaining five districts are currently taking place. Once the audit process has been properly completed, a better picture of the likely cost outcome for 2002/03 will emerge.

Carry Forward to 2002/03 of Underspending

2.17 When the budget for 2002/03 was approved in January, a sum of £250,000 was redeployed within the overall base budget total to help to meet the additional costs, in the sort term, of implementing the Highways Network Best Value Review Blueprint for the future. Latest estimates suggest that the eventual cost this year may exceed the sum of £250,000 currently available in the 2002/03 budget. It is therefore recommended that any savings from 2001/02 which are returned to the Services by the Cabinet be allocated to the highways management and support services to help meet the above cost.

3 Part B - Capital expenditure 2001/02

3.1 The outturn for 2001/02 is set out below with details of the total resources and details of the individual schemes started in the year appearing in Appendix 7.

	Locally Resourced Programme	Supported by Government Approvals	Total
	£'000	£'000	£'000

Total resources	11,657	36,199	47,856
Value of schemes started in 2001/02	11,151	32,651	43,802
Value of schemes carried forward to 2002/03	506	3,548	4,054
Over/Undercommitment against the cash limit	-	-	-

3.2 The total starts limit for 2001/02 amounted to £47.9m and schemes to the value of £43.8m were started in the year.

3.3 Schemes with a total value of £4.1m, originally programmed to start in 2001/02 have been approved by the Cabinet to be carried forward to start in 2002/03. These and the reason for their delay are set out in Appendix 7.

3.4 The combined value of those schemes started and those approved to be carried forward to start in 2002/03 is £47.9m, which is equal to the programme cash limit. In addition schemes to the value of £5.1m, to be externally funded, were started during the year.

3.5 Total capital payments during 2001/02 amounted to £37.6m of which £3.0m is to be funded from external resources, including contributions from developers, district and parish councils, and Government and European grants. Payments on those capital programme schemes being funded from local County Council resources totalled £9.1m.

3.6 The balance of expenditure, £25.5m, is to be funded from supplementary credit approvals (SCA) provided by the Government.

4 Part C - Departmental Assurance Statement

4.1 The Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting with which the County Council's statement of accounts complies, introduces a new requirement from 2002/03 for the inclusion in the statement of account of an internal control statement, covering as a minimum the system of internal financial control. The statement sets out the framework within which financial control is managed and reviewed, including the arrangement for internal audit and reports on any identified weaknesses and the actions undertaken to rectify these.

4.2 It is proposed to introduce a statement of internal financial control in 2001/02's statement of account. As part of the process of enabling the County Treasurer to form a view on the effectiveness of internal financial control the Chief Internal Auditor has produced an independent assurance statement on the adequacy and effectiveness of the system of internal control in each department. Appendix 8 contains the statement relating to the Environment Service and concludes that an effective framework of control exists within the County Surveyor's and County Planning Departments.

Recommendations

That:

1 The final accounts for 2001/02 for the Environment service be approved.

2 That the Cabinet be requested to approve the carry forward of underspendings amounting to a net £18,000 as set out in paragraph 2.17.

3 The departmental assurance statement as set out in Appendix 8 be accepted.

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.

TITLE FILE

Summary of accounts


Summaries of Actual Spending 2001/02
Appendix	Contents

1	Construction of the cash limit
2	Summary of revenue expenditure
3	Analysis of cash limited revenue expenditure over services
4	Major variations in cash limited expenditure
5	Summary showing detailed outturn on highways maintenance revenue budget
6	Revenue expenditure 2001/02 not included in the cash limit
7	Capital expenditure 2001/02
8	Departmental assurance statement

Appendix 1

Environment Service

Revenue Expenditure 2001/02

Construction of Cash Limit


1	Revenue expenditure under the service's direct control was subject to a cash limit set by the Cabinet of £69,939,000 (excluding highways winter maintenance) reflecting the approved revised budget agreed by the Executive Member and the Cabinet during January
2	The 2001/02 revised budget made recommendations for the carry forward to 2002/03 of planned underspendings totalling £642,000. This was subsequently approved by the Cabinet. The carried forward sum was allocated to cover items of expenditure that were to be deferred from 2001/02 together with other budget pressures that would need to be accommodated within the 2002/03 budget.
3	Further changes have now been made increasing the final cash limit by £1,420,000. Adjustments include further allocations totalling £1,410,000 from the central waste management contingency to the waste management contacts related budget to cover estimated cost increases during the third and final quarters of the year. This fully allocates the contingency of £2,840,000 set aside in the County Council budget for this purpose, together with an additional sum of £97,000 from the support made available by the Government to cover the cost in 2001/02 of the storage of fridges. Other minor cash limit increases, totalling £10,000, include additions for sustainable development and IT charges higher pay costs, less an adjustment for lower business rates on the County Council's own properties, which could not be determined precisely when the revenue budget was set.
4	No adjustments are required this year in respect of Rural Bus Subsidy Grant as the 2001/02 grant allocation of £1,142,000 has been fully utilised during the accounting period.
5	The net effect of the above changes, which have been incorporated into the adjusted revised budget as shown in column 1 of Appendix 3, are summarised below:
		£'000
	Cash limit approved in the revised budget	69,939
	Waste Management Contingency Q3	747
	Waste Management Contingency Q4	663
	Sustainable Development	4
	IT charges - higher pay costs	9
	Business Rates - lower actual costs	-3
	Adjusted cash limit (excluding winter maintenance)	71,359
	Net Expenditure	71,324
	Net underspending against Service's controllable Expenditure	-35

Appendix 2

Environment Service

Final Accounts 2001/02

Summary of Revenue Expenditure


		(1)	(2)	(3)
		Adjusted Revised Estimate	Actual 2001/02	Variation (Col 2-Col 1)
		£'000	£'000	£'000

Cash limited expenditure		71,359	71,324	-35

Other expenditure which is the responsibility of the service
- Winter Maintenance		1,436	1,516	80
Sub total		72,795	72,840	45

Trading units Expenditure transferred from reserves - River Hamble		41	31	-10

Capital Charges		17,687	17,687	-

Other expenditure which is controlled centrally by Policy and Resources
-	Repair and maintenance of buildings	1	1	-
-	Central support services	2,074	2,087	13

Less:
Expenditure controlled by this Service recharged to Policy and Resources:
-	Corporate and Democratic Core	-378	-378	-
-	Unapportionable overheads	-197	-191	6

Flood Protection		4,987	4,987	-

Government grants:
-	Rural Bus Subsidy Grant	-1,142	-1,142	-

Total Net Expenditure		95,868	95,922	54






Reconciliation with total net expenditure in the budget book:

Net expenditure, per page B21 of the budget book		95,523

Adjustments
Variation in capital charges		-1,075
Waste Management Contract Related Services		1,410
Business Rates variation		-3
Other Variations		13

Total		95,868

Appendix 3

Environment Service

Revenue Expenditure 2001/02

Analysis of Cash Limited Expenditure over Services

	(1)	(2)	(3)
Division of Service	Adjusted Revised Estimate	Actual 2001/02	Variation (Col 2 - Col 1)
	£'000	£'000	£'000

Highways and Transportation
Highways Maintenance (excluding winter maintenance)	16,633	16,652	19

Road Safety Education	213	214	1
Traffic Surveys	147	150	3
Parking Services	-105	-104	1

Public Transport	4,806	4,812	6
Rural Bus Subsidy Grant	1,142	1,142	-

Management and Support Services	13,889	13,803	-86

	36,725	36,669	-56

Planning Services	4,074	4,090	16

Waste Management
Contract related services	28,593	28,593	-
Other waste management services	1,945	1,944	-1
	30,538	30,537	-1

Other Services
Reservoirs Act 1975	22	28	6

Total net expenditure (excluding Winter Maintenance)	71,359	71,324	-35

Winter Maintenance	1,436	1,516	80

Total	72,795	72,840	45

Appendix 4

Environment Service

Revenue Expenditure 2001/02

Major variations in cash limited expenditure - underspending of £35,000

Budget Heading	Variation	Adjusted Revised Budget	Reason
	£'000	£'000
Highways and Transportation
Highways Maintenance - County Roads and Bridges	19	16,633	Lower expenditure on technical surveys (-£101,000) reflecting partial deferral of work to 2002/03. Resources were reallocated to meet higher expenditure on street lighting IT system development (+£49,000) additional depot maintenance (+£44,000) and increased spending on other routine maintenance activities (+£27,000)
Public Transport	6	4,806	Additional expenditure on community transport
Management and support services	-86	13,889	Main variations included an underspend on staff salaries (-£101,000) reflecting continuing recruitment difficulties, additional income (-£83,000), mainly from land search fees and road space charges, partially offset by additional expenditure on information technology and other minor variations (+£98,000)
Planning Services	16	4,074	Additional expenditure on the employment of consultants for the Dibden Bay inquiry (+£27,000) and increased staff advertising (+£9,000). Partially offset by savings on employees' salaries (-£10,000), and lower expenditure on staff travel (-£10,000).


Other Services

Reservoirs Act 1975	6	22	Additional expenditure in connection with the inspection of reservoirs.

Appendix 5

Environment Service

Revenue Expenditure 2001/02

Summary showing detailed outturn on highways maintenance revenue budget

Operational Heading	Approved Programme as at 15 Jan 2002	Final Programme	Outturn 2001/02
	£'000	£'000	£'000
Ordinary Maintenance
Routine carriageway and footways running repairs	3,596	3,692	3,745
Gully emptying	730	739	731
A321 routine maintenance - payment to Surrey County Council	6	6	5
Material storage facility at Chesil Tunnel	3	3	3

Aids to movement	1,167	1,189	1,206
Traffic regulation orders	349	349	355
Traffic signal maintenance	260	260	266
Sign renewal and replacement	150	150	150
Sign cleansing special programme	-	126	126
Intelligent transport systems	171	171	133
Urban traffic control	68	68	62
Traffic signals modifications	217	217	257
Remote monitoring of traffic signals	65	65	64
Rechargeable accident damage	191	168	120

Grass cutting, trees and shrubs maintenance	1,275	1,275	1,293
Hazard clearance (road traffic accidents)	334	334	339
Weed control	357	352	311
Arboricultural	243	243	243
Travellers preventative measures	10	8	3
Ecological verge cutting	6	-	4

District managed grass cutting	399	399	399

Sub total - Ordinary Maintenance	9,597	9,814	9,815







Street lighting and illuminated signs

Energy - street lights	1,452	1,365	1,320
Energy - signs	90	90	80
Energy - traffic signals	175	175	175

Maintenance contract - street lights	2,463	2,477	2,526
Maintenance contract - signs	987	987	1,007

Special replacement programme - works	1,079	1,095	1,112
Special replacement programme - scheme design fees	49	49	53

Sub total - street lighting and illuminated signs	6,295	6,238	6,273

Bridges
Routine maintenance	67	56	56
Subway pumps - maintenance and energy	43	43	43
Subway grafitti cleaning	126	130	133
Railtrack charges	68	63	61
Disused railway bridges	9	6	1
Weight restriction signing	5	8	(1)
Footbridges	90	102	107
Monitoring of sub-standard bridges	11	11	5

Sub total - Bridges	419	419	405


Other items
Technical surveys	254	274	173
Depots maintenance	120	155	199
Highways maintenance IT system development	220	210	211

General reserves to meet unforeseen demands	190	-	-

Sub total - other items	784	639	583


Winter Maintenance	1,436	1,436	1,516






Income
Depots net rentals	-99	-124	-120
Rechargeable works	-125	-125	-74
TMC contractor's use of radio system	-60	-50	-51
Private street works interest from frontagers	-6	-6	-3

Sub total - other items	-290	-305	-248


Total highways maintenance programme	18,241	18,241	18,344

Accounting adjustments relating to previous year	-172	-172	-176


Total highways maintenance cash limit	18,069	18,069	18,168

Appendix 6

Environment Service

Revenue Expenditure 2001/02 not included in the Cash Limit

1	Capital charges (£17.7m)
	Capital charges are made to services for capital assets used in the provision of services. The actual charges are £1.1m less than the budget which has been reduced to reflect the final charge to the Service. This will have no direct effect upon the overall budget requirements of the County Council as the capital charges are replaced by actual financing costs in the central asset management revenue account.
2	Central support services, repairs and maintenance of buildings (£2,088,000)
	These items are within the control of Policy and Resources. Support services are apportioned to services in accordance with the level of services provided and office accommodation occupied. Control of the budget for repairs and maintenance of buildings is by the nature of work and where it is most required rather than by service.
3	Corporate and democratic care (recharge £378,000) and unapportionable overheads (recharge £191,000)
	These items cover management and support costs that relate to member support and advice and to pension costs for added years and early retirements. They are within this service's control and so are charged against the cash limit. But they are then recharged to Policy and Resources outside of the cash limit as the Best Value Accounting Code of Practice requires these to be excluded from the cost of services.

4	Flood Protection (£4,987,000)
	Flood defence expenditure representing annual levies on the County Council by the Environment Agency.

Appendix 7

Environment Service

Capital Programme 2001/02

		£'000	£'000	£'000
1	Construction of total resources
	Approved programme limit - local resources		11,780
	Supplementary Credit Approvals (SCA):
	Original settlement for 2001/02	23,450
	Starts to be supported from future SCA settlements	3,925
			27,375

	Original Starts Programme in Budget Book		39,155

	Adjustments:
	Flood damage SCA	5,051
	Air quality monitoring SCA	29
	Contaminated land SCA	1,767
	Coast Protection Act SCA	216
	Schemes brought forward from 2000/01	1,997
	Transfer from Planning Services Revenue Budget to Environmental Improvements	99
	Transfer from Highways Minor Works to Planning Services Conservation and Environmental Improvements Revenue Budget	-120
	Absorption of 2000/01 Revenue Budget Overspending	-257
	Transfer re Improvements Works to Jacobs Gutter Lane	-200
	Subsequent adjustments to starts programme being supported from SCA settlements approved by Executive Member	119

	Total Adjustments		8,701

	Total Starts Programme Limit		47,856













2	Schemes started during 2001/02

	SCA Schemes

	Structural Maintenance of Bridges and Roads

	Bridges assessment and strengthening	2,080
	Bridges structural maintenance	770
	Principal road structural maintenance	4,960
	Non principal road structural maintenance	5,160
	Flood damage repairs to roads and bridges	5,051
	Hythe Pier maintenance	400	18,421

	Casualty Reduction Programme

	Low cost safety schemes	910
	M27 Junction 7, Hedge End	55
	Lower Farnham Road, Aldershot	200
	A339 Route Strategy (B3406-C70)	22
	Refurbishment and betterment	120	1,307

	Area Strategies

	Andover Area (ATS)
	Salisbury Road/Millway Road, Andover (net)	400
	Weyhill to Portway Cycle Scheme (net)	31
	Andover Station cycle facilities	15
	Salisbury Road, Andover - Toucan Crossing	40
	Tollgate Road, Andover - Refuge	10
	King Arthur's Way, Andover - Street lighting	80	576

	Basingstoke (BEST)
	A30 Strategy, Ringway to Winton Square - Part 2	500
	A30 Speed Regime, Basingstoke	10
	BEST Intelligent Transport Systems	125
	Buckskin Lane, Basingstoke - Pelican Crossing	60
	BEST Rural Schemes	50
	Harrow Way, Basingstoke - Toucan Crossing	130
	BEST Safer Routes to School	20	895







	Central Hampshire (CHARTS)
	Petersfield town centre - Stage 2	200
	A325 Whitehill traffic management - Stage 2	90
	Petersfield railway station modal integration	34
	Modal integration at other railway stations	26
	Liphook traffic management (net)	20
	CHARTS air quality monitoring	79
	CHARTS safer routes to school	50	499

	Coastal Towns (CTTS)
	Lymington Quay	50
	Milford Village Centre	10
	Avenue Road/Southampton Road, Lymington	110
	New Milton railway station facilities	20	190

	North East Hampshire (NEHTS)
	Modal integration at railway stations	70
	Minley Road, Farnborough - cycles and pedestrians (net)	30
	Farnborough Gate cycle scheme - stage 2	32
	NEHTS Health and Environment	50
	NEHTS decriminalised parking	200
	Trunk Road, Farnborough - safer routes to school	105
	NEHTS safer routes to school	50	537

	New Forest (NFTS)
	Brockenhurst traffic management school safety zone	70
	Northfield Road, Ringwood - safe routes to school stage 2	15
	Station Road/Westbeams Road, Sway	35
	Sway and Hinton Admiral railway stations facilities	15	135

	South West Hampshire (SWHTS)
	Eastleigh Bus Station - stage 2	180
	Eastleigh Bus Quality Partnership	100
	A35 Salisbury Road, Totton - cycleway	35
	Botley Road, Fair Oak - Pelican Crossing	35
	Romsey safer routes to school	30
	Doncaster Drove, Eastleigh (net)	41	421






	South East Hampshire (SEHTS)
	A3 Corridor Bus Priority, Widley to Purbrook - part 2	3,650
	Gosport Ferry Interchange	20
	Fareham Bus Station facilities	70
	Gosport Bus Station facilities	60
	Fareham/Gosport Bus Stops	50
	Gosport Bus Station CCTV	30
	Kiln Road/North Hill/Old Turnpike Road, Fareham (net)	40
	Shopmobility, Fareham	35
	Whitworth Road/Spring Gardens/South Street, Gosport	55
	Leesland cycle track	20
	Lee-On-Solent High Street - CCTV	40
	Stokes Bay, Gosport - refuge	15
	Howe Road, Gosport	22
	Hayling Billy cycle route, Havant - road crossing	60
	Crookhorn Lane, Purbrook cycle track (net)	25
	Leigh Park to Portsmouth Bus Corridor	155
	Lee to Browndown cycle scheme	240
	Emsworth railway station facilities	15
	SEHTS safer routes to school	150	4,752

	Western Hampshire (WHTS)
	Andover to Salisbury bus quality partnership	20
	Kings Somborne village	35	55

	Winchester (WMAP)
	Bar End Park and Ride extension (net)	650
	WMAP car parking improvements	50
	WMAP intelligent transport systems	50
	WMAP pedestrian and cycle schemes	130
	WMAP air quality monitoring	20
	WMAP safer routes to school	50	950

	Other Priority Schemes
	A30 Dorchester Arms Junction improvement (net)	265	265

	Minor Works
	Lymington Road, Milford-On-Sea, pelican crossing	30
	Havant Road, Hayling Island - pelican crossing	30
	Griffin Road, Hook - pelican crossing	35
	London Road, Hook - pelican crossing	30
	Ashley Road, New Milton - pelican crossing	30



	Southampton Road, Hythe - toucan crossing	77
	Wellington Avenue, Aldershot - pelican crossing (net)	23
	Community Safety Initiative	60
	Rural Partnership Schemes	140
	Minor improvements	280
	Community transport schemes	250
	Public transport information	125
	Remote monitoring equipment	200
	Intelligent transport systems	275	1,585

	Other
	Buriton landfill site	20
	Westwood landfill site	27
	Efford landfill site	1,800
	Coast Protection Act	216	2,063

	Total SCA Schemes			32,651

	Locally Funded Schemes

	Structural maintenance of non principal roads	10,029
	Environmental improvements	253
	Regeneration of older urban areas	812
	Landfill remedial works	57	11,151

	Total Locally Funded Schemes			11,151

	Total of Schemes Started During the Year			43,802


3	Schemes Carried Forward

Scheme Title		£'000	Reason for Delay

B3058 Bashley Crossroads, New Milton		240	To enable scheme to be constructed outside holiday season
North West Quadrant, Basingstoke		250	Further public consultation necessary
High Street and The Square, Petersfield		365	Late addition to the programme
Otterbourne traffic calming stage 2		575	Modification to design required following public consultation
A325/A30 Blackwater Valley Route 1 Bus priority corridor		850	Additional funding required
Lynchford Road, Farnborough - toucan crossing		50	Late addition to the programme
A27 Portchester Road, Fareham		510	Modification to design required following public consultation
Fareham railway station		25	Scheme deferred to coincide with South West Train's programme
Titchfield Road, Stubbington		35	Major objections to scheme
Christchurch Road, New Milton		30	Scheme design being reviewed
Traffic Enforcement technology		30	Amount held in reserve - scheme expected to be self funding
B3006 Route Strategy, Empshott		23	Scheme being developed in conjunction with Transport Research Laboratory
Fawley/Calshot Cycle Scheme		80	Land required from developer
Hythe to Dibden Cycle Scheme		85	Design delayed by the need for public consultation
Eastleigh safer routes to schools		165	Consultations with schools
Romsey safer routes to schools		170	Consultations with schools
Test Valley School, Stockbridge - stage 2		20	Traffic Regulation Order required
Stockbridge village centre		25	Late addition to the programme
Cycle parking - Hart and Rushmoor		20	Late addition to the programme
Structural maintenance of roads		174	Uncommitted balance to be carried forward
Regeneration of older urban areas		332	Uncommitted balance to be carried forward
		4,054

Externally Funded Schemes Started in 2001/02
	£'000
Andover Area (ATS)
Salisbury Road/Millway Road, Andover (contribution)	165
Weyhill to Portway Cycle Scheme (contribution)	63

Basingstoke (BEST)
Bramley traffic calming	120
Old Basing traffic calming	125
Brimpton Road, Baughurst	36
A33 Chineham Footway and Cycleway	10

Central Hampshire (CHARTS)
Liphook traffic management (contribution)	28
Fletchers Field, Liphook - cycleway links	23

North East Hampshire (NEHTS)
Minley Road, Farnborough - cycles and pedestrians (contribution)	27
Boxalls Lane, Aldershot - traffic calming	100
A325 Rectory Road, Farnborough - traffic management stage 2	80
Garrison Church, Aldershot - toucan crossing	55
Wellington Avenue, Aldershot - cycle route	30
A30 Blackwater Stage 3b - Kings Parade	250
Elvetham Road, Fleet - traffic calming	150
School Lane, Yateley - pedestrian facilities	25

New Forest (NFHT)
Brockenhurst station interchange	140
Woodstock Lane, Ringwood (contribution)	18

South West Hampshire Area (SWHTS)
Fair Oak Road, Fair Oak - toucan crossing	46
Sylvan Drive, North Baddesley	80
Doncaster Drove, Eastleigh (contribution)	149

South East Hampshire (SEHTS)
Kiln Road/North Hill/Old Turnpike Road, Fareham (contribution)	70
Crookhorn Lane, Purbrook Cycle Track (contribution)	18
A3051 Burridge to Curbridge traffic management	50
Warsash Road/Locks Road, Warsash	140
Whiteley Bus infrastructure	100
Whiteley/Segensworth signing	190
FWW Western Distributor Road - Dibles Road to Schooner Way	600
Green Pond Corner, Warblington	17

Winchester (WMAP)
Bar End park and ride extension (contributions)	2,150


	£'000
Other Priority Schemes
A30 Dorchester Arms junction improvement (contribution)	50

Minor Works
Wellington Avenue, Aldershot - pelican crossing (contribution)	10

	5,115

Appendix 8

Environment Service

Departmental Assurance Statement

1	Introduction
1.1	The Accounts and Audit Regulation 1996 require the County Treasurer to maintain an adequate and effective internal audit.

1.2	The County Treasurer employs an in-house internal audit section to provide an independent and objective appraisal function of reviewing the system of internal control. It examines, evaluates and reports to Chief Officers and the County Treasurer on the adequacy of the internal control as a contribution to the proper economic, efficient and effective use of resources.

1.3	From 2002/03 The Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the UK requires that the Chief Internal Auditor provides an independent opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the system of internal financial control operating in the County Council. The County Treasurer has sought to develop this for 2001/02 in preparation for the full requirement next year. To enable him to do this, an independent opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the system of internal control has been prepared for each department.

2	Responsibilities

2.1	It is a management responsibility to develop and maintain the internal control framework, and to ensure that resources are properly applied in the manner and on the activities intended. It is the responsibility of Internal Audit to form an independent opinion, based on reviews during the year, on the adequacy and effectiveness of the system of internal control.

3	Basis of opinion

3.1	The strategic and annual internal audit plans were prepared by the Chief Internal Auditor to take account of the characteristics and relative risks of the activities involved and were approved by the County Treasurer.

3.2	The internal audit plan has been delivered in accordance with the Auditing Practices Board's Guideline number 308, `Guidance for Internal Auditors'.

3.3	Work has been planned and performed so as to obtain all the information and explanations which were considered necessary in order to provide sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the internal control system is operating effectively. However, this assurance can never be absolute. The most that the internal audit service can do is to provide reasonable assurance that there are no major weaknesses in the system of control.

4	Opinion

4.1	In our opinion the County Surveyor's and County Planning Departments have an effective framework of control which provides reasonable assurance regarding the effective, efficient and economic achievement of the department's objectives.


	Ejner Knudsen Chief Internal Auditor County Treasurer's Department Hampshire County Council

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1 Summary

2 Part A - Revenue Expenditure under the Service's control

3 Part B - Capital expenditure 2001/02

4 Part C - Departmental Assurance Statement