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Hampshire County Council Education Policy Review Committee 21 January 2003 Education capital programme 2003/04 to 2006/07 Report of the County Education Officer and County Treasurer

Item 7

Contact: Bob Eardley, Strategic Planning Manager, 01962 846275

1. Summary

1.1 This report sets out the proposed Education capital programme for 2003/04 to 2006/07 (shown as Appendix 1). The Executive Member, Education is being recommended to approve:

a) the capital programme for 2003/04 to 2006/07 as set out in Appendix 1 for submission to the Cabinet;

b) the siting of a double temporary classroom accommodation at the Woodside Education Centre, Colden Common.

c) that the Executive Member, Policy and Resources be asked to approve:

i) an allocation of £0.6m to Education capital programme resources for 2003/04, in respect of the receipts from the sale of the former sites of John Hanson Community School, Andover;

ii) an allocation of £2.5m to Education capital programme resources for 2003/04 from the County Council's Insurance Fund in respect of the fire at Beech Down Primary School, Basingstoke in November 2000;

iii) additions to the 2002/03 capital programme totalling £940,000 (subject to agreement on funding);

iv) deferrals from the 2002/03 capital programme to 2203/04 totalling £4.866m;

v) removal of LEA liability provision of £0.152m in the 2002/03 capital programme for projects at voluntary aided schools;

vi) the application for temporary classroom accommodation at the Woodside Education Centre, Colden Common until 31 August 2006.

1.2 Prior to the Executive Member considering the proposed programme, this report is being presented to the Education Policy Review Committee to provide the Committee with the opportunity to comment to the Executive Member on the proposals.

2. Introduction

2.1 The Cabinet at its meeting on 23 December 2002 asked Executive Members to prepare proposals for:

· a locally-resourced capital programme for the four-year period from 2003/04 to 2006/07 within the guidelines of the current capital programme uplifted for inflation, and

· capital schemes supported by scheme or programme specific Government grants and borrowing approvals for 2003/04 and those expected to be supported in 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2006/07.

3. Capital programme 2003/04 to 2006/07 - schemes supported by Government approvals

3.1 The Education capital programme is based on credit approvals from the Government under the Annual Capital Guideline (ACG) process, Government grants, a proposed school balances loan scheme (set out in section 8 of this report) and capital receipts to support major projects. Other than capital receipts, there are no local resources to supplement the programme. The share of capital receipts for 2002/03 available to support the Education capital programme will be added to these guidelines with the closure of the 2002/03 accounts.

3.2 On the basis of the position outlined above, resources available for each of the four forward years to 2006/07 are:

	ACG Base	Carry forward from 2002/03	NDS Modern- isation	Devolved capital	Other resources	Total
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
2003/04	7.996	5.751	12.708	14.321	7.476	48.282
2004/05	8.586	0	12.708	14.321	0	35.615
2005/06	4.000	0	12.708	14.321	0	31.029
2006/07	4.000	0	N/K	N/K	0	4.000
Totals	24.582	5.751	38.124	42.963	7.476	118.926

3.3 The "Other resources" in the table above, details of which are set out in Appendix 2, include an amount of £0.6m in connection with the replacement of John Hanson Community School, Andover. This project was funded in the main from capital receipts from the sale of the former school site and detached playing field for housing development, together with £1m of funding from the Basic Need Capital Programme. The total receipts were £14.85m and total expenditure £14.5m. After allowing for an agreed payment to Test Valley BC of £0.75m in lieu of affordable housing allocations, there is a balance of £0.6m. It is recommended that the Executive Member, Policy and Resources is asked to approve the allocation of this amount to the Education capital programme for 2003/04.

3.4 Resources totalling £5.751m are proposed to be carried forward from 2002/03 to 2003/04. This sum is made up as follows:

	£m
Deferred scheme approved by Executive Member (18 July 2002)	0.169
Schemes proposed for deferral in this report (paragraph 11.1)	5.582
Total	5.751

4. Credit approvals - Annual Capital Guideline (ACG)

4.1 Following a bid in September 2002, the DfES has allocated credit approvals for 2003/04 for 746 basic need places. The bid reflected the fact that the growth in secondary numbers has now been almost completely catered for in previous years' allocations and credit approval. 195 secondary places were allocated for Alton, correcting the DfES' omission from the current year's allocation.

4.2 A welcome development has been an increase of 35% in the per place financial allocations, which will help to address the effects of high levels of building cost inflation, which have pushed up project costs substantially in recent years.

4.3 There is £0.462m in the forward programme for 2003/04 for the provision of additional primary school places in the Petersfield area. Following a further review of pupil number forecasts and an assessment of the practical options for further provision, it is proposed that these places should not now be provided and the resources allocated to meet other pressures on the programme.

4.4 The ACG allocation includes £1.35m for the provision of additional primary school places in the Whiteley area. Options for this provision are currently being developed. and include the possibility of a new primary school and the expansion of other primary schools in the greater Whiteley area. Discussions are being held with the Diocese of Portsmouth about a possible new school and with the headteachers of local primary schools. A further report will be submitted once the options have been worked up.

4.5 The ACG allocation also includes an amount of £0.946m for the "expansion of popular schools". LEAs were not invited to bid for resources under this heading and the DfES has given no indication in its ACG covering letter of how the funding is intended to be used. Clarification has been sought and proposals will be brought forward once this has been received.

5. Formula allocations

5.1 In addition to the basic need funding, a number of formula allocations, for which indicative amounts were announced in 2001, have now been confirmed by the DfES. These are set out below. They are summarised in Appendix 2, which also shows the amounts available in 2002/03, for comparison. Allocations for 2004/05 and beyond are not expected until March 2003. However, the Spending Review 2002 (which covers the period 2003/04 to 2005/06) indicated continued support for education and, therefore, the allocations have been retained at 2003/04 levels for comparative purposes.

New Deal for Schools Modernisation fund

5.2 As part of its strategy for providing capital resources to fund work identified through Asset Management Plan (AMP) surveys, the DfES announced at the end of 2000 that credit approvals would be made available to LEAs in 2002/03 and 2003/04 to carry out major modernisation and improvement works in schools. This funding is allocated through the New Deal for Schools (NDS) Modernisation Fund. The amounts allocated to individual LEAs are based on the DfES's assessment of relative need among LEAs, based on detailed submissions of the work needed to bring school buildings up to the standards required to teach the modern curriculum. This capital funding is being made available in parallel with specific allocations which began in 2001/02 to address the backlog of building condition work.

5.3 The County Council's allocation under the NDS Modernisation Fund is £12.708m for 2003/04. The allocation for building condition work (which will form part of the Policy and Resources capital programme) in 2003/04 is £14.436m. These allocations are close to indicative figures issued and reported last year.

5.4 An indicative NDS Modernisation programme for primary schools, special schools and education centres was approved by the Executive Member, Education on 23 May 2002 and for secondary schools on 18 July 2002. The Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services has now carried out design feasibilities on the schemes included in the indicative programme.

5.5 A proposed NDS Modernisation programme for 2003/04 is included in Appendix 1 and is summarised below:

Projects	2003/04 £m
Primary school temporary classroom and specialist accommodation	5.230
Primary school halls and specialist accommodation	0.943
Playing field drainage for primary schools	0.360
Secondary school specialist accommodation	2.686
Special schools	1.450
Education centres	1.398
Early years - modernisation element	0.685
Total Modernisation programme	12.752
Early years - Nurseries in Disadvantaged Areas (NEDA) funding (see paragraph 5.12)	0.661
Overall total	13.413

5.6 The scheme costs shown above are net of contributions from schools' devolved capital and other sources, which are being sought, where appropriate. Actual project costs will, therefore, be higher.

5.7 Although it is expected that the NDS Modernisation programme will continue beyond 2003/04, an announcement from the DfES giving LEA allocations is not anticipated before March 2003. To assist with comparison 2003/04 levels have been retained for the period 2004/05 and 2005/06.

Seed Challenge Scheme

5.8 2003/04 will be the fourth year of the Seed Challenge scheme, which provides grant to match resources raised by schools to fund capital projects. The County Council's allocation in 2003/04 is £1.26m, the same as in 2002/03. Revised guidance was received from the DfES in December, which incorporated a number of changes to previous years' practice. The most significant of these is a change to the requirements for all schemes to include significant amounts of "new money". This is funding which has to be provided from a private source, e.g. fund-raising, donations etc. Schools whose projects meet one or more of the following criteria will not be required to contribute any "new money" and can, therefore, use other sources such as devolved capital and balances to fund their share of the cost:

· support schools causing concern, particularly those in challenging circumstances;

· support the school workforce programme;

· support the development of a broader, more flexible curriculum for 14 - 19 year olds, in line with the proposals in the DfES Green Paper;

· expand successful schools;

· support the inclusion agenda, including measures to improve behaviour and projects for improved facilities for children with Special Educational Needs.

5.9 Schools have been invited to bid for Seed Challenge resources and recommendations will be made to the Executive Member in May.

Schools' devolved capital

5.10 An allocation of £14.32m has been made in 2003/04 for schools' devolved capital, following an announcement by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in December; this is substantially greater than the indicative amount of £12.67m announced previously. This will be allocated to schools according to the DfES formula set out below and is intended to fund high priority projects identified through schools' AMPs.

	£
Per nursery/primary pupil	42.40
Per secondary pupil	63.60
Per SEN/PRU pupil (all schools)	127.20
Lump sum (all schools)	11,300

5.11 The allocation for schools' devolved capital in 2002/03 was £9.118m; future years' indicative allocations will not be known until March/April 2003. Officers work closely with schools to ensure that devolved capital allocations are spent on Asset Management Plan priorities and in particular that devolved capital is used in conjunction with County Council capital resources to ensure that the maximum number of schools benefit.

Other funding

5.12 On 21 November 2002, the Executive Member, Education approved a programme for expenditure of funding allocated through the Nursery Education in Disadvantaged Areas (NEDA) initiative. Resources allocated through this scheme have to be matched from other sources and in most cases funding from NDS Modernisation is being used. Schemes totalling £1.346m (including contingency provision) are included in the 2003/04 programme.

Schools Access Initiative

5.13 The Schools Access Initiative provides credit approval to LEAs to increase the accessibility of mainstream schools for pupils with physical and sensory disabilities. An allocation of £2.114m has recently been confirmed for 2003/04; the allocation for the current year was £1.614m. Specific proposals are now being formulated and formal approval of their inclusion in the capital programme will be sought in due course. In addition there is £159,000 as grant to voluntary aided schools in 2003/04.

6. Capital programme 2003/4 to 2006/07

6.1 The total available to fund starts in 2003/04 is £48.252m. The table shown in paragraph 3.2 above illustrates how this sum is arrived at.

Capital programme 2003/04

6.2 The proposed four year capital programme is attached as Appendix 1. The 2003/04 programme totals £48.252m and includes provision for contingency and furniture and equipment allocations. The total value of the capital programmes submitted for consideration for the four years to 2006/07 is:

	Education	Policy and Resources
	£'m	£'m
2002/03 (current)	37.607	11.998	(for information)
2003/04	48.252	14.436
2004/05	35.615	14.436
2005/06	31.029	14.436
2006/07	4.000	N/K
	118.926	43.308

6.3 The figures are net of developers' contributions and exclude the costs of land for programme schemes, which are dealt with outside the committee guidelines.

School balances loan scheme

6.4 A means of funding schemes which need to be started in advance of capital receipts capital lies in the potential to "borrow" from schools' accrued balances to finance projects where capital receipts are awaited. The net aggregate surplus of balances for Hampshire schools at 31 March 2002 was £31m, having increased by about £6m in both 2000/01 and 2001/02. School balances are shown as reserves in the County Council's financial statements, although currently they cannot be accessed other than by individual schools. Borrowings made against balances would allow beneficial capital projects to be undertaken earlier than would normally be possible.

6.5 A "loan scheme", based on the principles set out above, has been developed by the County Treasurer to provide initial finance for schemes which are priorities under Asset Management Plans and for the Education service's strategic planning. The proposal has been considered by the newly constituted Schools Forum, which supported it, and consultation with schools is now under way. Schools would retain the right to access their balances at any time, which is made possible through the relatively low proportion of total balances (25%) which can be borrowed at any one time. Given the current level of balances, up to £7.7m could be utilised. The current proposals are geared to capital receipts. The scheme might also be used to finance surplus place removal projects which generate revenue savings to repay the loan.

6.6 It should be stressed that while the scheme will help to ease timing issues within the capital programme, it does not provide additional resources, since the amounts borrowed need to be paid back.

Projects to be funded substantially from capital receipts and developers' contributions

6.7 There are three major projects which should start in 2003/04, which will be funded in the main from anticipated capital receipts and developers' contributions. These are discussed in more detail below.

South-west Basingstoke primary review

6.8 On 18 October 2002, the School Organisation Committee approved a series of measures to rationalise the provision of primary school places in south-west Basingstoke. The tables below summarise the proposed projects and their funding sources.

South-west Basingstoke review: proposed expenditure

Project	£m
St. Mark's CE (A) Primary - expansion to 3 f.e. + EBD	2.500
Manor Field I & J schools - expansion (to be agreed with schools)	2.000
Chalk Ridge Primary - expansion to 2 f.e.	0.420
Hatch Warren I & J schools - replacement of temporary classrooms	1.970
Provision of early years facilities at two schools	0.520
Total	7.410

South-west Basingstoke review: resources

Funding source	£m
County Council insurance fund	2.500
Developers' contributions	0.440
Early years funding already in the capital programme	0.100
Sale of Beech Down Primary School site	4.500
Total	7.540

6.9 Of the funding identified for these projects, £0.1m is already in the capital programme and £2.5m is from the County Council's insurance fund; these sums are included in the resources shown in the table in paragraph 3.2. The remainder (£4.81m) will need to be funded in advance of the capital receipt from the sale of the Beech Down Primary School site and developers' contributions. It is recommended that the Executive Member, Policy and Resources, be asked to approve the allocation of £2.5m from the Insurance Fund to the Education 2003/04 capital programme.

Lee-on-Solent Infant School

6.10 Housing developments in Lee-on-Solent will generate developers' contributions totalling £0.31m for additional primary school places. The first instalment of these contributions is not expected to be available until 2005/06, but provision is needed in advance of this date, as numbers are rising. The estimated cost is £0.34m. It is proposed, therefore, to add a scheme to the 2003/04 programme to provide an additional 60 places and a music/drama room and to provide initial funding through the School Balances Loan Scheme, as explained above.

Summary

6.11 It is proposed that the funding elements of these schemes which are to be met from future capital receipts and developers' contributions should be met initially from the proposed Schools Balances Loan Scheme, which is set out in full in paragraphs 8.3 to 8.5, assuming that it is supported by schools and approved. The total amounts required to be borrowed are as follows:

	£m
Lee-on-Solent Infant	0.340
South-west Basingstoke projects	4.810
Total	5.150

6.12 Subject to formal approval of the loan scheme arrangements, these two schemes will be the first call on the available resources.

Winchester Early Years Centre

6.13 An application was submitted to the DfES in September 2002 for a capital grant of £715,000 towards the cost of providing an Early Excellence Centre on a site in Bereweeke Road, Winchester. A decision on this application, although anticipated before the end of 2002, is not now expected for at least two months. The overall project cost is estimated at £2.6m and, as most of the expenditure is to be covered by the sale of land, it will be necessary to seek initial funding from the School Balances Loan Scheme, amounting to some £1.7m. A further report will be presented when the DfES has made a decision on the Early Excellence Grant application.

7. 2003/04 to 2006/07 guidelines

7.1 As indicated above, it is possible to fund those schemes where starts need to be made in 2003/04. The estimated costs of specific schemes proposed for inclusion in 2003/04 total as listed in Appendix 1. Schemes where the need for accommodation is not so pressing have been put back to 2004/05. Excluding an assumed £8.586m for ACG, there are no resources available in 2004/05 to fund this proposed programme, leaving a shortfall of some £8.6m, which will be a first call on 2004/05 ACG and formula allocations.

7.2 The table in paragraph 6.2 anticipates programme values of £8.586m for 2004/05, £4.0m for 2005/06 and £4.0m for 2006/07. These figures are based on the assumption that demand for additional secondary places has now peaked. The need for extensions to primary schools will continue in response to demand from new housing developments in various parts of the county, and the establishment of Major Development Areas (MDA) in response to the County Structure Plan (Review) will generate the need for new primary schools. No assumptions have been made about NDS Modernisation, Schools' Devolved Capital, Seed Challenge, or other formula allocations beyond 2003/04, as these are dependent on future DfES announcements. The proposed 2004/05 programme includes those schemes deferred from 2003/04 referred to in paragraph 7.1

8. Pressures on the capital programme

8.1 There are sufficient resources available to fund all the schemes which need to be started in 2003/04. This can be achieved, however, only in the context of a funding shortfall for 2004/05, i.e. by deferring schemes to the value of £8.6m without resources. An underlying shortfall of resources of £7.8m was reported to the Executive Member in January 2002; this has increased to £8.6m for the following reasons:

· continuing inflation in building costs, which require provision for schemes carried forward from the current year and schemes already programmed for 2003/04 to be inflated by 5% (£400,000), together with a contingency for future inflation (£1.0m) and furniture and equipment expenditure of £0.8m, offset by the £0.6m capital receipt from John Hanson and additional ACG;

8.2 There are, however, several ways by which this under-funding can be reduced and which officers are currently implementing. These include:

· capital receipts from sites currently in the process of being sold, amounting to some £8m, of which £5m is earmarked to reimburse money to be borrowed under the School Balances Loan Scheme;

· developers' contributions due in the next five years, amounting to some £2m;

· application of NDS Modernisation funding and devolved capital to support basic need schemes which include an improvement element;

· identification of schools with significant excess site area with development potential following the recent Land and Property Review. Discussions are under way with a number of schools about the possible sale of excess land on their sites for housing development. These disposals would require the agreement of governing bodies and the allocation of some of the resulting resources to address priority capital work in the schools concerned. It is estimated, however, that additional resources of up to £3m could accrue from such disposals. Further disposals could follow;

· it is also anticipated that, as in previous years, there will be a balance of resources brought forward from 2002/03 if calls on the contingency fund are less than the provision. In 2002/03, £632,000 was brought forward from 2001/02.

9. Overall position

9.1 Although the resourcing difficulties referred to in section 8 of this report are significant, the overall picture is good. The resources available to expand and improve schools are now very substantial and there are realistic sums available to tackle much needed improvements in facilities, in particular through schools' devolved capital. The greater diversity of allocations by the DfES has led to increased complexity in the presentation of the capital programme, but has also increased flexibility and opportunities.

10. Revenue Implications

10.1 The revenue implications of the proposed capital programme are as follows:

	Full Year Cost
	Current Expenditure		Capital Charges
	£'000		£'000
Schemes supported by Government approvals:
2003/04	197		2,556
2004/05	60		1,911
2005/06	60		1,631
2006/07	60		214
	---------------		----------------
Total	377		6,312
	---------------		----------------

10.2 The total revenue implications for the four years of the starts programme, including capital charges, represent a real term increase of 1.1% over the 2002/03 original budget of this service.

11. Issues relating to the 2002/03 capital programme

Project additions

11.1 Subject to approval by the Executive Member of the recommendations included in the revenue budget report, also on this agenda, it is proposed that the following three schemes be added to the capital programme by virement of £940,000 from the revenue budget:

· improvement work at St. Bede Primary School, Winchester, following flood damage - £700,000; (repairs and flood protection work totalling £1.4m has been funded centrally)

· conversion work at the former Tankerville School, Eastleigh for use as an Education Centre - £190,000;

· youth facilities at Hamble Community School - £50,000.

Project deferrals

11.2 It will not be possible to start the following schemes during 2002/03. It is proposed, therefore, to defer them to 2003/04.

Project	£m
Marchwood Junior	0.540
Bay House Secondary, Gosport	0.614
Brookfield Community, Sarisbury	1.028
Brune Park Community, Gosport	1.128
Frogmore Community	0.716
Hamble Community	0.750
Former Tankerville, Eastleigh	0.264
Minor works	0.542
Total	5.582

11.3 There is provision of £0.54m in the 2002/03 capital programme for extension and replacement of temporary classrooms at Marchwood Junior School; this increases to £0.567m when updated to November 2002 prices. There is an opportunity to open up an area of the school site for possible sale for housing development, as part of the proposed scheme through the provision of an access road, which would also have benefits for the project, including security improvements, provision in a single rather than a two storey building and improved access routes. It would also discharge the County Council's obligation to provide access across the site to the rear of adjoining properties. The cost of this additional work is £90,000, which would be recouped through a future land sale; the total estimated cost of the project, therefore, is now £0.657m.

Warblington Secondary School

11.4 There is provision of £0.47m in the proposed 2003/04 programme for a scheme of major refurbishment of technology provision at Warblington Secondary School. Additional funding of £390,000 from Policy and Resources NDS Condition funding for 2003/04 has also been identified, together with £144.000 from the school. This project was deferred to 2003/04, as it was not practicable to make a start on site before the summer term of 2003.

11.5 Further detailed work has now been undertaken and shows that by increasing the scope of the scheme to cover the whole block, a much better suiting of curriculum areas can be achieved. In total, the project would upgrade and refurbish three design technology spaces, one food technology, one textiles, two art and one art/textiles space. A kiln room, accessible WC and refurbished male and female WCs, and staff meeting rooms would also be provided.

11.6 The enhanced scheme would require additional resources. proposed to be funded with an additional allocation of £116,000 from NDS Modernisation funding, totalling £586,000 in 2003/04. There would also be additional allocations of £51,000 from Policy and Resources and £66,000 from the school.

Bridgemary Community School, Gosport

11.7 This school is currently in serious weaknesses and receiving support from the LEA. An allocation of £15,000 is recommended for approval for the establishment of an Inclusion Unit. It is proposed to make alterations to the existing building to create this room.

11.8 The school already has a small `inclusion room' used as a base to include pupils who have misbehaved in class and need to be removed for that period. This existing space is too small to develop into a longer-term unit and the short "emergency" relief is needed for classroom teachers.

11.9 The purpose of the new inclusion unit is more structural in nature. The school needs a base that is capable of supporting up to 20 students at any one time on an extended programme. The purpose, therefore, is to intervene when a pupil's behaviour is sufficiently challenging across the whole school that without intervention the pupil would face a long fixed term exclusion or even a permanent exclusion. The pupil would be removed from mainstream education and placed in the unit full time.

11.10 The unit would be staffed full time by staff from the school support services alongside key teaching personnel. The focus would be on improving a pupil's basic skills and self-discipline. Reward is through reintegration into mainstream.

11.11 The unit can function only if it is entirely self-contained. Pupils are therefore completely removed from mainstream and their friends, or from mixing with other pupils over whom they have influence. The whole purpose is to modify their anti-social behaviour, which includes removing them from their `normal' break time with their peers. The reward of reintegration is therefore much more effective. A suitable space needs to be developed and the annex to the existing staff room is ideal, as it is centrally located and is of the appropriate size. This project has the full backing of the school governors and the Strategic School Improvement Manager.

Deletion of LEA liability provision

11.12 The new Regulatory Reform Order for Voluntary Aided Schools Liabilities and Funding of premises came into force on 1 April 2002. This means that the only capital liabilities for the LEA are those relating to playing fields and buildings on those fields. Therefore, the funding that has traditionally been allocated by the DfES and shown in the capital programme, for the payment of "LEA liability on voluntary aided school projects", i.e. those elements of the buildings that were considered to be an LEA liability such as kitchens and medical inspection rooms, is no longer valid. The DfES have re-allocated the funding to the voluntary aided sector, which now has the overall capital responsibility for all of its buildings. The current year's programme reflects funding and block provision of £0.152m which is now no longer applicable and should be removed from the programme.

Summary

11.13 Resources totalling £39.2m have been allocated for the starts programme in 2002/03 (see Appendix 3 for details). Of this total, £14.3m relates to block allocations for schools' devolved capital, Schools Access Initiative, school security, furniture and equipment and contingency, leaving £24.9m for specifically identified schemes. Schemes to the value of £15.3m have started, with £9.6m still scheduled to start before the end of the financial year.

12. Temporary Classrooms

The Woodside Education Centre

12.1 From September 2002 there has been a requirement to provide permanently excluded pupils with full-time education. To achieve this at the Woodside Education Centre in Colden Common there is a need to provide an additional double temporary classroom to supplement the existing accommodation, which is also in temporary units. In recognition of the inadequacy of all of the accommodation occupied by this Centre, alternative premises are being considered and therefore this additional temporary unit is a short term measure to meet a pressing need.

12.2 Therefore approval is sought for this new unit to be placed on the existing site as a matter of urgency, for a period of four years.

Section 100D - 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.

Letter of 19 December 2002 from DfES to County Education Officer: Capital Investment in Schools 2003/04.

Appendix 2

Capital allocations 2002/03 - 2003/04

	2002/03	2002/03 original	2003/04	2003/04
	£m	£m	£m	£m
NDS Modernisation fund		6.807		12.708
Schools' devolved capital		7.568		14.321
Other Resources
Seed Challenge	1.266		1.260
Nursery Education in Disadvantaged Areas (NEDA) - requiring match funding	0.424		0.424
Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative	0.153		0.061
School security - capital modernisation fund	0.231		-
Staff Workplaces	0.216		0.517
HCC Insurance Claim	-		2.500
John Hanson - share of Capital Receipt	-		0.600
School Access Initiative	1.614		2.114
		3.904		7.476
Total Education programme		18.279		34.505
NDS Condition funding (P&R capital programme)		11.998		14.436
Overall total		30.277		48.941

Other Funding (for 2003/04)

		2003/04
		£m
Brought forward from 2002/03		5.751
ACG		7.996

School Balances Loan Scheme (subject to approval)

5.150

Appendix 3

Education capital programme 2002/03 - resources

		£m	£m
	Original Budget Book		30.373
Internal Funding Changes
Add	Balance from 2001/02	0.632
	Carry overs from 2001/02	4.157
	Share of 2001/02 capital receipts	0.593
Less	Deferred schemes (inc this report)	(5.751)
	Voluntary Aided Schools	(0.152)
			(0.521)
Additional DfES allocations and grants
	Sixth Form Basic Need	1.606
	Local Public Service Agreement	0.400
	Additional Devolved Capital	1.620
	Staff Workplaces	0.216
	Adult / Community Learning (DDA)	0.390
	Schools Access Initiative	1.614
	Specialist School Status	1.400
	Youth Service (DDA)	0.136
			7.382
Other Funding
	School Contributions from Revenue	0.702
	Others (inc Surestart)	1.220
			1.922
Total resources			39.156