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Pathfinder Best Value reviews (1999/00)


Review	Basis of estimated costs	Direct costs £	Indirect (opportunity) costs Days £	Total costs £
Highways network management			29 projects completed	Not known
Countryside service				Not known

Year 1 Best Value Reviews (2000/01)


Review	Basis of estimated costs	Direct costs £	Indirect (opportunity) costs Days £		Total costs
Legal services	estimated for LL workshop				25,500
Day and resource centres - PD	estimated for LL workshop		54		35,000
Day care - OP	estimated for LL workshop	11,000	88	19,360	30,360
Day activities - LD	estimated for LL workshop		90		50,000
Provider and contracted services - MH	estimated for LL workshop				37,000
Employment services	estimated for LL workshop	31,200	209	45,980	77,180
Orange badges	estimated for LL workshop		44		16,000
Receivership	estimated for LL workshop		147		26,262
Equipment and technician service; occupational therapy; adaptations	estimated for LL workshop	23,000	143	24,600	47,600
Children in mental health services	estimated for LL workshop		138	30,360	30,360
Support services for social services	estimated for LL workshop		186		32,700
Information analysis	estimated for LL workshop	5,000		15,450	20,450
Complaints - social services	estimated for LL workshop		105		16,000
Transport - social services	estimated for LL workshop	2,000	182		27,800
Strategic management of education	estimated for LL workshop		37	5,940	5,940
Specialist teacher advisory service	estimated for LL workshop		99	20,600	20,600
School admissions	estimated for LL workshop		56	12,320	12,320
Bi-lingual support service	estimated for LL workshop		27	5,940	5,940
Outdoor education service	Review team leader asked to estimate				Not known
Home-to-school transport	Review team leader asked to estimate	500	55	12,100	12,600
School crossing patrols	estimated for LL workshop	100	37	8,140	8,240
Passenger transport	estimated for LL workshop	40,000	161	35,420	75,420
Road safety	estimated for LL workshop	0	100	22,000	22,000
Library service	estimated for LL workshop	0	160	35,200	35,200
Total 24 reviews					670,472
Average cost over 23 reviews					29,000

Year 2 Best Value Reviews (2001/02)


Review	Basis of estimated costs	Direct costs £	Indirect (opportunity) costs Days £		Total costs
Registration service	Outcome report + est of days by project officer	4,500	55	12,400	16,900
Hampshire Transport Management	Only estimated at start of review	0	47.5	5,462	5,462
Residential Care - Y2 & Y3 review Older people Mental health Disabled	(All reviews completed) Only est'd at start Actual Only est'd at start	11,500 1,000 5,000	395 115	52,298 18,580 12,770	101,148
Looked after children	Only estimated at start of review	23,200	not known	41,000	64,200
Carers and respite care	Actual	5,972	287.5	42,346	48,318
Care management for adults and older people	Only estimated at start of review	13,000	260	43,000	56,000
Inspection and advice for schools	Actual	not known	not known	not known	14,300
Support for school governors	Review team leader asked to estimate	1,400	95	20,900	22,300
Education training	Only estimated at start of review	29,900	not known	5,000	34,900
School music service	Actual	not known	not known	not known	46,000
Support for school libraries	Only estimated at start of review	0	80	17,600	17,600
Educational psychology	Only estimated at start of review	2,000	95	24,000	26,000
Transport network improvements	Review team leader asked to estimate	5,000	76	24,000	29,000
Policy development in Environment Grouping - Y2 & Y3 review	Actual	18,800	220	48,400	67,200
Cross-cutting reviews
Economic prosperity	Actual	6000	108	24,000	30,000
Support for the voluntary and community sector	Actual	4,195	106	23,320	27,515
Financial management	Review team leader asked to estimate	5,000	40	8,800	13,800
Catering	Only estimated at start of review	0	90	19,800	19,800
Youth - Y2 & Y3 review	Actual	1,792	153	33,660	35,452
Passenger transport	Review team leader asked to estimate	5,000	50	11,000	16,000
Total 20 reviews		143,259		488,336	691,895
Average cost over 20 reviews					34,595

Year 3 Best Value Reviews (2002/03)


Review	Basis of estimated costs	Direct costs £	Indirect (opportunity) costs Days £		Total costs
Regulatory Services	Actual	6,000	70	15,400	21,400
Residential Care - Y2 & Y3 review	Included in Year 2
Support for people with sensory impairment	Actual days x notional cost	2,520	100	22,000	24,520
Children in the community - Y3 and Y4 review	Cost at options report stage - based on days x notional cost. Confirmation of final costs still awaited.	960	500	110,000	110,960
Education welfare service	Actual	300	66.5	14,630	14,930
Education other than at school - Y3 and Y4 review	Actual	5,000	120	26,400	31,400
Policy development - Y2 & Y3 review	Included in Year 2
Cross-cutting reviews
Democratic services	Actual	200	105	23,100	23,300
International relations	Actual	2,031	79	17,380	19,411
Youth - Y2 & Y3 review	Included in Year 2
Total 7 reviews		17,011	1040.5	228,910	245,921
Average cost over 7 reviews					35,131

Year 4 Best Value Reviews (2003/04)


Review	Basis of estimated costs	Direct costs £	Indirect (opportunity) costs Days £		Total costs
Cross-cutting reviews
Waste Management	Not applicable. The costs are being borne by Project Integra, so there is no direct impact on HCC budgets.				nil
Community Engagement - Y4 & Y5 review	Estimate	4,000		26,280	30,280
Lifelong Learning - Y4 & Y5 review	Actual	200	100	22,849	23,049
Total 3 reviews		4,200		49,129	53,329
Average cost over 2 reviews					26,665

Year 5 Best Value Reviews (2004/05)


Review	Basis of estimated costs	Direct costs £	Indirect (opportunity) costs Days £	Total costs
Cross-cutting reviews
Equality and Diversity	Indirect costs not yet estimated by review team Total cost broadly estimated.	7,000(e)		7,000(e)

Two year reviews Costs are shown in the first year of the review - which is when the review is also counted within the programme.

Indirect costs These have been calculated on a notional rate of £220 per day, unless the actual rates were recorded.

	Total costs from 99/ 00 to 02/03 £	Additional costs 03/04 £	Budgeted costs 04/05 £
Central team	479,000	165,000	155,000
Performance plan	84,632	8,036	4,000
Reviews	1,608,288	53,329	7,000+
Support / process	210,500	2,000	5,000
Total	2,382,420	228,365	171,000