Contact: Bob Eardley, Strategic Planning Manager, 01962 846275;

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1. Summary

1.1 This report sets out the proposed Education capital programme for 2005/06 to 2008/09 (shown as Appendix 1). The Executive Member, Education is being recommended to approve:

a) for submission to Cabinet:

i) the capital programme for 2005/06 to 2008/09 as set out in Appendix 1;

ii) deferral of schemes and resources from the 2004/05 capital programme to 2005/06 totalling £5.292m;

iii) transfer from 2004/05 to 2005/06 of retained capital receipt resources totalling £1.500m;

b) for submission to the Executive Member, Policy and Resources:

i) the addition of resources of £0.800m to the provision in the 2004/05 capital programme for minor works for specialist schools;

ii) the addition of a major project at Chiltern Primary School, Basingstoke to the 2004/05 capital programme, at an estimated cost of £1.850m, subject to approval of prudential borrowing of £1.805m against the anticipated capital receipt from the sale of the former Worting Infant School site;

iii) the application for planning permission for temporary classrooms to be located on the following sites:

Crescent Primary, Eastleigh - one double unit until 31 January 2009;

Linden Education Centre, Farnborough - block with five teaching spaces, office and toilets until 31 January 2009;

Marchwood Junior - one single unit until 31 August 2006;

Pinewood Infant - temporary school until 31 January 2009;

Priestlands Community, Lymington - one double unit until 30 September 2005;

Yateley Community - one triple unit until 31 January 2009.

c) earmarking of £0.165m within the 2004/05 capital programme to fund the initial costs of progressing land sales to achieve capital receipts.

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.

1.3 The proposals in this report support Aim 1 of the Corporate Strategy (maximising life opportunities) and Aim 5 (improving services) by proposing allocations of funding to improve the learning environments of Hampshire schools.

2. Introduction

2.1 The Cabinet at its meeting on 13 December 2004 asked Executive Members to prepare proposals for:

· a locally-resourced capital programme for the four-year period from 2005/06 to 2008/09 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 2005/06 and those expected to be supported in 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09.

3. Capital programme 2005/06 to 2008/09 - schemes supported by Government approvals

3.1 The Education capital programme is based on credit approvals from the Government through the Single Capital Pot, Government grants and capital receipts and developers' contributions to support major projects. The report recommends that retained unallocated capital receipts totalling £1.500m should be transferred from 2004/05 to 2005/06; any further capital receipts for 2004/05 available to support the Education capital programme will be added to these guidelines with the closure of the 2004/05 accounts.

3.2 On the basis of the position outlined above, resources available for each of the four forward years to 2007/08 are set out in Table 1. Allocations from the DfES for 2008/09 are estimates only, as the DfES has given no indication of the level of resources to be made available in these years.

Table 1

3.3 The "Other resources" totalling £14.300m in 2005/06 are detailed in Appendix 2.

3.4 Resources totalling £6.792m are proposed to be carried forward from 2004/05 to 2005/06. This sum is made up of schemes proposed for deferral in this report (see paragraph 14.1) and unallocated capital receipts of £1.500m, currently held within the 2004/05 programme resources.

4. Credit approvals

4.1 The new DfES system for allocating funding for new pupil places through a formula is based on:

· prior commitments from the Basic Need bidding rounds for 2002/03 and 2003/04; and

· a formulaic amount providing each authority with a relative proportion of the available pot, based on:

- the actual number of school pupils in each authority (40%); and

- the forecast growth in pupil numbers, by comparing actuals with forecasts as at September following the end of the spending review period - September 2006 (60%).

4.2 The amounts allocated to Hampshire through this formula are:

· £1.058m for existing commitments; and

· £3.766m for future projects.

The £1.058m for existing projects will cover the costs of payments in the third year for projects already programmed. £3.766m is available to fund new projects.

4.3 In the context of generally falling primary school rolls, net demand for new pupil places in this sector is low, although this will vary in specific areas as major new housing developments come on stream in the next few years. In addition to future years' formulaic allocations for new pupil places, significant developers' contributions should also be available. There is, however, no specific provision to support the remodelling of accommodation necessary to make best use of resources during a time of falling rolls. The necessary work requires careful management of priorities. There is no outstanding need for additional places in the secondary sector and again this position is unlikely to change in the next few years as numbers overall continue to fall. There is more scope for accommodating local variations in demand for secondary places because the schools generally serve larger areas than most primary schools.

4.4 As part of its strategy for making three-year capital funding announcements, the DfES has made indicative allocations for new pupil places of £4.378m for 2006/07 and £4.445m for 2007/08. Funding for existing basic need projects ends in 2005/06.

5. Building Schools for the Future

5.1 Following approval in November 2003, a submission was made to the DfES for funding from 2006/07 onwards under the Building Schools for the Future initiative (BSF), which is intended to provide resources for the replacement or substantial refurbishment of all secondary schools over a ten to fifteen year period. The prioritisation criteria used by DfES for the allocation of funding are based on the percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and GCSE performance, rather than building condition and suitability. This approach does not favour the County Council in a national context, because FSM numbers are relatively low and GCSE performance is strong..

5.2 BSF allocations for 2006/07 and 2007/08 were announced by the DfES in November 2004. The County Council is not among the 20 LEAs which received funding, which is allocated predominantly to metropolitan authorities in the midlands and north and to London boroughs. A further 18 LEAs had already received funding in an initial phase for 2005/06. The DfES' letter states that the department's ambition is that Hampshire will be included in the BSF programme by 2011. In practice, this could mean allocations beginning in 2008/09, 2009/10, or 2010/11.

5.3 In the meantime, data used to support the BSF submission will be reviewed with a view to resubmission. The DfES has said that the next round of allocations will be announced during 2006. The outcome and prospects for the future are disappointing, though not unsurprising, given the national assessment criteria. The County Council will continue to receive allocations under the New Deal for Schools Modernisation Fund which are reduced by the DfES by about £10m annually from the amounts allocated in 2004/05, to help meet the costs of delivering the BSF programme nationally.

6. Other formulaic allocations

6.1 In addition to the funding for new pupil places, a number of formula allocations have now been confirmed by the DfES. They are discussed in more detail below. The allocations are summarised in Appendix 2, which also shows the amounts available in 2004/05, for comparison.

New Deal for Schools Modernisation fund

6.2 The amounts allocated through the New Deal for Schools (NDS) Modernisation Fund to individual LEAs are based on the DfES's assessment of relative need among LEAs, following detailed submissions through the Asset Management Plan (AMP) arrangements of the work needed to bring school buildings up to the standards required to teach the modern curriculum. The overall allocation is split between suitability (improvement) work and funding to address the backlog of building condition work, which is managed by Policy and Resources. A split of these resources for 2005/06 in the ratio of 54% to condition and 46% to suitability was agreed by Executive Members in July 2003; this ratio reflects the split in the current year's programme.

6.3 The allocation includes a specific sum earmarked by the DfES to safeguard investment in primary phase buildings. This earmarking is being introduced in parallel with Building Schools for the Future (BSF), which has brought about a reduction in the overall amounts available for NDS investment. Table 2 summarises the split of funding.

Table 2

	NDS suitability £'m	NDS condition £'m	NDS total £'m
Basic allocation	5.526	6.487	12.013
Additional primary allocation	4.135	4.854	8.989
Total allocation	9.661	11.341	21.002

6.4 A number of projects on which initial feasibility work was completed a year ago were deferred from the 2004/05 capital programme because of lack of resources and it is now proposed to add them to the 2005/06 programme. The projects are priorities according to the criteria set out in the Asset Management Plan Statement of Priorities, reported elsewhere on this agenda. A proposed NDS Modernisation programme for 2005/06 is included in Appendix 1 and is summarised in Table 3.

Table 3

Projects	2005/06 £m
Primary school temporary classroom replacements and specialist accommodation	5.484
Primary school halls	1.537
Capital projects to assist with the management of falling rolls	1.000
Playing field drainage for primary schools	0.150
Secondary school specialist accommodation	2.050
14-19 projects	0.300
Special schools	0.250
Education centres	1.254
Early years	0.800
Health and safety issues	0.550
Staff facilities	0.250
School security	0.350
Total Modernisation programme	13.975

Schools' devolved formula capital

6.5 An allocation of £16.574m has been made in 2005/06 for devolved formula capital for all schools. This will be allocated according to the DfES formula set out in Table 4 and is intended to fund high priority projects identified through schools' AMPs.

Table 4

	£
Per nursery/primary pupil	49.40
Per secondary pupil	74.10
Per SEN/PRU pupil (all schools)	148.20
Lump sum (all schools)	13,150

6.6 The allocation for schools' devolved formula capital in 2004/05 was £16.034.m. Amounts for 2005/06 and indicative amounts for the following two years are summarised in Table 5.

Table 5

	£m
2005/06	16.574
2006/07	20.840
2007/08	21.985

6.7 Officers work closely with schools to ensure that devolved formula capital allocations are spent on Asset Management Plan priorities and in particular that it is used in conjunction with County Council capital resources to ensure that the maximum number of schools benefit and that resulting projects make optimum use of available resources.

6.8 The amounts of funding available to schools through devolved capital are increasing substantially. Table 6 indicates the amounts available to typical schools. The expectation will, therefore, grow that schools will be using these allocations to help cope with high priority capital maintenance and essential developments.

Table 6

	2001/02 £	2004/05 £	2005/06 £	2007/08 £
210-place primary	9,227	22,830	23,524	31,730
1,000-place secondary	32,287	84,750	87,250	113,000
75-place special	9,458	23,550	24,265	32,675

Schools Access Initiative

6.9 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 £2.119m has been confirmed for 2005/06, some £0.025m lower than in the current year. Specific proposals are now being formulated and formal approval of their inclusion in the capital programme will be sought in due course.

Targeted Capital Fund - East Hampshire SEN review

6.10 The County Council received an allocation of £5.000m through the Targeted Capital Fund in 2003/04 towards the cost of replacing The Meadow School, Bordon and Whitedown School, Alton with a single all-age learning difficulties school on The Meadow site. Design work has proceeded since the allocation was made and sources of additional funding has been sought to meet the estimated project cost of £7.100m. On 26 July 2004, Cabinet added the project to the 2005/06 Education capital programme and approved contributions totalling £2.100m. A design project appraisal was approved by the Executive Member, Education on 14 October 2004 and a start on site is planned during 2005.

Targeted Capital Fund - replacement Sundridge Special School, Havant

6.11 In previous years, LEAs were invited to bid for credit approval for major renewal projects through the Targeted Capital Fund. The DfES has changed the arrangements for 2005/06 allocations and reviewed LEAs' unsuccessful bids for 2004/05. The County Council made two bids for 2004/05: for replacement of the Sundridge School, Cowplain, on a site in Havant and for extension of the Linden Education Centre, Farnborough. An allocation of £3.545m has been received for 2005/06 towards the cost of replacement of the Sundridge School.

6.12 There is provision of £0.750m towards the cost of this project in the 2004/05 capital programme. A proposal to carry this sum forward to 2005/06 is set out in paragraph 14.1. Contracts have been exchanged on a sale of surplus land adjoining Rachel Madocks School and the Executive Member, Policy and Resources agreed on 16 July 2004 that the receipt should be applied in full towards the cost of the special education projects in the Havant area.

6.13 The total cost of the project is estimated at £5.150m. Available funding is shown in Table 7.

Table 7

Funding source	£m
Estimated project cost		5.150
Targeted Capital Fund	3.545
Education capital programme 2004/05	0.750
* Sale of land at Rachel Madocks School, Cowplain	0.779
Total resources		5.074
Shortfall		0.076

( * The land receipt totals £1.019m. The amount shown is net of the cost of £0.240m to relocate the Woodlands Education Centre temporary buildings and for replacement of storage facilities used by Rachel Madocks School, to allow the land sale to proceed.)

6.14 A separate report is being submitted seeking approval for borrowing under the Prudential Code for Capital Finance against the anticipated receipt. Subject to approval of the recommendations in that report, it is recommended that the project is added to the 2005/06 capital programme.

Health and Safety issues

6.15 The need to undertake capital investment to address Health and Safety issues on school sites and in buildings is increasing. The 2004/05 capital programme included a sum of £0.245m for this type of work, covering projects such as hot surface protection. It is proposed that provision should be made in the 2005/06 programme, recognising the need for further hot surface work (funded jointly with Policy and Resources) and to provide for urgent issues which may arise during the year. A sum of £0.550m is proposed, which takes account of the anticipated increase in the volume of this type of work.

7. Project to be funded from capital receipts

John Hunt of Everest Community School, Basingstoke

7.1 On 26 July 2004, the Cabinet approved the addition to the 2005/06 capital programme of a project to relocate John Hunt of Everest Community School from its current site to a new site in north Popley, in an area of new housing development. The total estimated cost of the scheme is £25.429m at current prices (£25.600m at second quarter 2005). Funding is from a range of sources, including anticipated capital receipts, developers' contributions and corporate resources. A design project appraisal for the scheme was approved by the Executive member, Education on 13 May 2004 and a start on site is anticipated in summer 2005.

Crestwood Secondary School, Eastleigh

7.2 A project has been developed to provide a sports hall, changing rooms and associated facilities at this school, financed through a capital receipt from the sale of excess site area for housing developments and from school contributions. The total estimated cost is £3.588m, of which £0.395m has already been spent to provide a synthetic turf pitch (STP), funded through the School Balances Loan scheme. The cost of the remaining work is £3.193m.

7.3 The estimated capital receipt will not cover the full cost of the project. The school is contributing £0.100m and it is recommended that the remainder of the cost (£0.236m) is met from the capital programme provision for improvements to secondary school accommodation. It is recommended that the project is added to the 2005/06 capital programme. A separate report will be submitted seeking authority for prudential borrowing of £2.857m against the anticipated capital receipt.

8. Costs of progressing land sales

8.1 An increasing proportion of the Education capital programme is now being funded from capital receipts. Currently, disposals with an anticipated value of £9m per year over the next three years are being pursued by Estates Practice. These will in part repay borrowing through the School Balances Loan Fund and prudential borrowing arrangements and will also fund future projects, including school reorganisations.

8.2 The increasing complexity of planning regulations and procedures means that much more professional work is needed to prepare planning applications for residential development on potential disposal sites. Although staffing in the Estates Practice has been increased in response to the higher volume and complexity of disposals, the amount of work now being carried out, and in some cases its specialist nature, requires the use of external consultants. These costs need to be met in order for the disposal work to proceed and there is no source of revenue funding which can cover them. As the work is essential to achieve the receipts, it is proposed that provision should be made in the capital programme, which can be repaid once the receipts are available.

8.3 The estimated cost of this work in 2005/06 is £0.350m and it is recommended that this sum is met from the capital programme. A recommendation covering anticipated expenditure under this heading in 2004/05 is included in paragraph 14.3.

9. Capital programme 2005/06 to 2008/09

9.1 The total available to fund starts in 2005/06 is £78.535m. The table shown in paragraph 3.2 above illustrates how this sum is arrived at.

Capital programme 2005/06

9.2 The proposed four year capital programme is attached as Appendix 1. The 2005/06 programme totals £78.535m 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 2008/09 is shown in Table 8.

Table 8

	Education £'m	Policy and Resources £'m
2004/05 (current)	52.441	17.190	(for information)
2005/06	78.535	11.341
2006/07	38.095	12.601
2007/08	39.463	12.784
2008/09	39.500	12.784
Totals	195.593	49.510

9.3 The figures are net of developers' contributions (except where these have already been received) and exclude the costs of land for programme schemes, which are dealt with outside the programme guidelines.

9.4 There are no proposals for PFI projects. From 2005/06, all education PFI credits will be allocated through the BSF programme nationally.

10. 2006/07 to 2008/09 guidelines

10.1 As indicated above, it is possible to fund those schemes where starts need to be made in 2005/06. The estimated costs of specific schemes proposed for inclusion in 2005/06 total £78.535m as listed in Appendix 1.

10.2 Schemes which can be deferred have been put back to 2006/07. The indicative resources available in 2006/07 through formulaic allocations total £38.095m and are summarised in Table 9. This table assumes that the split between NDS suitability and condition funding is the same in 2006/07 as in 2005/06. The split is subject to Executive Members' decisions, so the totals may vary.

Table 9

	£'m
Basic need	4.378
NDS Modernisation (primary)	5.599
NDS Modernisation (secondary)	5.135
Schools Devolved Capital	20.840
Schools Access Initiative	2.143
Total	38.095

10.3 Of the total available resources of £38.095m, funding for schools devolved formula capital and Schools Access Initiative are earmarked for specific use and are not available to fund the capital programme generally; therefore, £15.112m is available for this purpose.

10.4 Schemes with a total estimated cost of £1.289m are being delayed from 2005/06 without resources and will be a first call on 2006/07 funding.

11. Pressures on the capital programme

11.1 There are sufficient resources available to fund all the schemes which need to be started in 2005/06. This can be achieved, however, only in the context of the funding shortfall for 2006/07, referred to in paragraph 10.4, i.e. by delaying schemes to the value of £1.289m without resources to 2006/07. An underlying shortfall of resources of £7.100m was reported to the Executive Member in January 2004; this has now been reduced to £1.289m. This is largely as a result of not adding further NDS Modernisation projects to the 2005/06 programme, which is restricted largely to projects which were deferred from 2004/05 without resources. In addition, basic need resources not required in 2005/06 have been used to fund other elements of the programme. A significant amount of expenditure on basic need projects is anticipated in 2006/07, which will generate further pressures.

11.2 The availability of the School Balances Loan Scheme and prudential borrowing against anticipated receipts has also reduced immediate pressures, but these borrowings will need to repaid, with interest, once the receipts are available.

12. Overall position

12.1 Although the resourcing issues referred to in section 11 of this report are important, the overall picture for 2005/06 is still one of significant development. The resources available to expand and improve schools are now substantial and there are realistic sums available to tackle much needed improvements in facilities, in particular through schools' devolved formula capital. The prospects for 2006/07 and subsequent years are much less certain. This is because of the large amounts of resources being top- sliced nationally to fund Building Schools for the Future and uncertainty about when the County Council will receive BSF allocations. This means that it will be difficult to fund major replacement projects, such as a secondary school, until BSF resources become available. Indicative NDS allocations for 2005/06 are some £5m below those for 2004/05.

13. Revenue Implications

13.1 The revenue implications of the proposed capital programme are shown in Table 10.

Table 10

Schemes supported by Government approvals	Full year cost
	Current expenditure £'000	Capital charges £'000
2005/06	22	4,176
2006/07	99	2,025
2007/08	45	2,096
2008/09	45	2,096
Totals	211	10,393

13.2 The total revenue implications for the four years of the starts programme, including capital charges, represent a real term increase of 1.6% over the 2004/05 original budget of this service.

14. Issues relating to the 2004/05 capital programme

Project deferrals

14.1 It will not be possible, mainly because of changes in the scope, brief or programming of projects, to start the schemes listed in Table 11during 2004/05. It is proposed, therefore, to defer them, with their resources, to 2005/06.

Table 11

Project	£m
St. Lawrence Primary School, Alton	0.787
Primary provision in the Whiteley area, Fareham/Winchester	1.438
Crescent Primary School Eastleigh	0.657
The Bridge Education Centre, Eastleigh	0.954
Secondary school CDT improvements	0.500
14-19 agenda	0.206
Sundridge School, Havant	0.750
Total	5.292

Costs of progressing land sales

14.2 Section 8 of this report outlined the issues and costs involved in progressing the increasing number of land sales to generate receipts for the education capital programme. Work on a number of these projects needed to be pursued in the current year, at an estimated cost of £0.165m. It is recommended that this cost is met from unallocated capital receipts in the 2004/05 capital programme.

Chiltern Primary School, Basingstoke

14.3 Chiltern Primary School opened on 1 September 2004 following the amalgamation of Worting Infant and Junior schools. The design project appraisal for the scheme was agreed by the Executive Member, Education on 13 May 2004. The report detailed the building works necessary to create the primary school accommodation and nursery facility.

14.4 The scheme is being funded from the sale of the former Worting Infant school site. The Executive Member, Policy and Resources approved the use of 100% of the anticipated receipt from this site on 11 November 2004. Enabling works, funded from the Education capital programme, were approved by the Executive Member, Education on 13 May 2004. The remaining cost of £1.850m can be met from the anticipated capital receipt and a contribution of £0.045m from the school and it is recommended that the project is added to the 2004/05 capital programme. A separate report will be submitted seeking approval for prudential borrowing against the capital receipt.

Specialist schools

14.5 Notifications have been received recently of capital allocations for eight schools which have been awarded specialist schools status. These are listed in Table 12. The allocation to each school is £0.100m.

Table 12

School	Specialism	Funding source
Alderman Quilley, Eastleigh	Engineering	Grant
Amery Hill, Alton	Music	Grant
Court Moor, Fleet	Science	Grant
Frogmore Community College, Yateley	Technology	Grant
John Hanson, Andover	Science	Grant
The Petersfield	Sports	Grant
Priestlands, Lymington	Arts	Grant
Testwood, Totton	Arts	SCA

14.6 It is recommended that resources of £0.800m are added to the 2004/05 capital programme as a result of these allocations.

15. Summary position for 2004/05

15.1 Resources totalling £52.441m have been allocated for the starts programme in 2004/05 (see Appendix 3 for details). Of this total, £20.864m relates to block allocations for schools' devolved formula capital, Schools Access Initiative, furniture and equipment and contingency, leaving £31.577m for specifically identified schemes. Schemes to the value of £17.650m have started, with £13.927m still scheduled to start before the end of the financial year.

16. Building cost inflation

16.1 Tender price inflation for building work still continues to be significantly in excess of other national inflation annual increases. Published indices (by the DETR Public Sector Index) for the year from November 2003 to November 2004, around which the capital programme is based, are predicting a 7.5% increase. This is still an indication of a heated construction market and other indices (e.g. BCIS All In Tender Price Index) are indicating even higher inflationary increases. These indices are currently based on forecasts and more reliable information will become available when these are firmed up. This demonstrates that tender costs will continue to be under pressure over the coming months. The capital programme contingency sets aside financial provision for inflation but it still remains a prediction of out-turn costs rather than actual figures. To put this into some context; national building costs have increased by more than 35% in the last five years alone. To help mitigate this, the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services has put in place procurement strategies that reduce risk and uncertainty for the contractors and, through a number of appropriate contracting arrangements, secure the resources the County Council requires, whilst still retaining value for money and an emphasis on the quality of the product.

17. Temporary classrooms - renewal of approvals

17.1. Approvals are sought for the continued siting of temporary classrooms at the schools listed. In all cases, approval is sought for units to remain on site until 31 January 2009, except for Priestlands School, Lymington (30 September 2005) and Marchwood Junior School (31 August 2006). In some cases reference is made to consideration of earlier removal, usually because of building projects, or because of an anticipated reduction in numbers on roll.

Crescent Primary, Eastleigh

17.2 The school had one triple and one double temporary classroom unit on site. Owing to the poor condition of the triple unit this was replaced during the summer holidays with one double unit for use as general teaching accommodation by the school and a single unit, used temporarily as an outreach centre for pupils of Shepherds Down Special School. The other double unit continues to provide accommodation for the 24 place Crescent pre-school. It is recommended that approval is sought for the change in use of accommodation and for the renewal of planning permission. A feasibility plan has been produced and a project is recommended for inclusion in the 2005/06 Education capital programme to replace the temporary accommodation used by the school and Outreach.

Linden Education Centre, Farnborough

17.3 Linden Education Centre is a pupil referral unit for excluded pupils, mainly at Key Stages 3 and 4. The centre caters for 64 pupils, with four classes in permanent accommodation and the rest in temporary buildings. In July 2002, a double and a single unit were placed on site to accommodate 12 f.t.e. pupils at Key Stages 2 and 3 who were previously receiving education provision at the Prospect Centre in Farnborough.

17.4 An additional temporary classroom block, comprising five teaching spaces, an office and toilet facilities has been sited at the Centre to accommodate an additional twelve pupils and five staff who relocated from the Chawton Pupil Referral Unit which has now closed. It is recommended that approval is sought for renewal of planning permission for this block.

Marchwood Junior

17.5 The school had five temporary units which were replaced with four permanent classrooms during 2004. One of the temporary units had been used by the school for science and was also being made available to Totton College for use as an outreach centre and to deliver family learning courses. The school has been granted approval to retain this facility on site until August 2006. It is recommended that approval is sought for renewal of planning permission until 31 August 2006.

Pinewood Infant, Farnborough

17.6 Following a fire in March 2003 which destroyed the majority of the school, temporary accommodation was provided on the site. Planning

permission for the siting of this accommodation, consisting of the equivalent of five double units has expired. The temporary accommodation is still required in order to provide education for pupils at the school and it is recommended that approval is sought for renewal of planning permission. The temporary school is needed only until the school is rebuilt in permanent accommodation as agreed by the Cabinet in December 2004.

Priestlands Secondary, Lymington

17.7 The school has been provided with a double temporary unit whilst its basic need building works are undertaken. The building works are now scheduled for completion next summer and it is recommended that approval is sought for renewal until 30 September 2005.

Yateley Community

17.8 The triple temporary classroom on this site is used to provide a 24 place nursery. This unit is owned by the school and provides much needed childcare provision for the local area. It is recommended that approval is sought for the renewal of planning permission.

18. County Council Policy Requirements

8.1 Legal implications - The proposals support the County Council's statutory duty to provide school places and comply with central government accommodation requirements and guidance.

18.2. Financial implications - These are set out in the report.

18.3. Personnel implications - None directly arising from this report.

18.4 Community cohesion, inclusiveness and partnership working - Many of the capital projects proposed in this report support these aims.

18.5 Crime prevention issues - None directly arising from this report.

Recommendations

1. That the committee endorses the following recommendations to the Executive Member, Education to approve:

(a) for submission to Cabinet:

i) the capital programme for 2005/06 to 2008/09 as set out in Appendix 1;

ii) deferral of schemes and resources from the 2004/05 capital programme to 2005/06 totalling £5.292m;

iii) transfer from 2004/05 to 2005/06 of retained capital receipt resources totalling £1.500m;

(b) for submission to the Executive Member, Policy and Resources:

i) the addition of resources of £0.800m to the provision in the 2004/05 capital programme for minor works for specialist schools;

ii) the addition of a major project at Chiltern Primary School, Basingstoke to the 2004/05 capital programme, at an estimated cost of £1.850m, subject to approval of prudential borrowing of £1.805m against the anticipated capital receipt from the sale of the former Worting Infant School site;

iii) the application for planning permission for temporary classrooms to be located on the following sites:

Crescent Primary, Eastleigh - one double unit until 31 January 2009;

Linden Education Centre, Farnborough - block with five teaching spaces, office and toilets until 31 January 2009;

Marchwood Junior - one single unit until 31 August 2006;

Pinewood Infant - temporary school until 31 January 2009;

Priestlands Community, Lymington - one double unit until 30 September 2005;

Yateley Community - one triple unit until 31 January 2009.

c) earmarking of £0.165m within the 2004/05 capital programme to fund the initial costs of progressing land sales to achieve capital receipts.

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 29 November 2004 from DfES to Leader of the County Council from Minister for School Standards

Appendix 1

Education capital programme

2005/06 - 2008/09

Appendix 2

Capital allocations 2004/05 - 2005/06

Other Funding (for 2005/06)

Appendix 3

Education capital programme 2004/05 - resources as at 31 December 2004

		£m	£m
	Original Budget Book		39.659
Internal Funding Changes
Add	Balance from 2003/04	1.622
	Carry-overs from 2003/04	11.069
	Share of 2003/04 capital receipts	1.788	14.479
Less	Deferred schemes (inc this report)		(5.292)
	Resources transferred to 2005/06		(1.500)
Additional DfES allocations and grants
	Increased Devolved Capital	104
	Adult/Community Learning (DDA)	592
	School travel plans	498
	Specialist School Status	748
	Youth Service (DDA)	134	2.076
Other Funding
	School Contributions from Revenue	1.646
	Prudential borrowing	750
	Others	623	3.019
Total resources			52.441