Archived decisions
Appendix 6A
Adult Services
Review of income 2006/07
Current charge |
Total income (Budget 2005/06) |
Date of last review |
Proposed new Amount |
Charge Effective Date |
Is charge set to recover full cost? Yes/No |
Is charge subject to an assessment scale determined locally? Yes/No | |||
£ |
£'000 |
£ |
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1 |
Mandatory/National Charges |
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Residential and Nursing Care for Older People - independent sector |
Various |
25,644 |
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Nursing Care for Older People - Standard Rate |
420.00 |
1912 |
April 05 |
434.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Residential Care for Older People |
382.00 .00 |
5928 |
April 05 |
392.00 |
April 06 0554 |
Yes |
No | ||
Residential Care for the Elderly Mentally infirm |
425.00 .00 |
696 |
April 05 |
434.00 .00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Residential Care for people with Physical or Sensory Disability |
843.00 .00 |
151 |
April 05 |
868.00 .00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Residential Care for Adults with a Learning Disability |
757.00 |
532 |
April 05 |
777.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Orchard Close - Standard Week |
642.00 03.00 .00 |
110 |
April 05 |
658.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
2 |
Discretionary charges |
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Residential Accommodation for Adults |
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Orchard Close - Client Contribution |
115.00 |
In above |
April 05 04April 04April 04April 03 |
119.00 .00 |
April 06 April 04 |
No |
No | ||
Day Care Establishments |
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Day Services for Older People |
151.00 |
214 |
April 05 |
155.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Day Services for People with Mental Health Needs |
216.00 |
3 |
April 05 |
220.00 .00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Day Services for People with Physical or Sensory Disabilities |
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including transport |
288.00 |
170 |
April 05 |
295.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
excluding transport |
238.00 |
In above |
April 05 |
245.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Day Services for Adults with a learning Disability |
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including transport |
173.00 |
2380 |
April 05 |
180.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Current charge |
Total income (Budget 2005/06) |
Date of last review |
Proposed new Amount |
Charge Effective Date |
Is charge set to recover full cost? Yes/No |
Is charge subject to an assessment scale determined locally? Yes/No | |||
£ |
£'000 |
£ |
|||||||
excluding transport |
144.00 |
In above |
April 05 |
150.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Full Cost Annual Charges |
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Day Services for Adults with a Learning Disabilities |
|||||||||
including transport |
4748.00 .00 |
Included |
April 05 |
4890.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
excluding transport |
3759.00 .00 |
Above |
April 05 |
3870.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Banded Charges for Day Services for People with a Learning Disability |
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including transport |
4377.00 |
Included |
April 05 |
4505.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
excluding transport |
3409.00 |
Above |
April 05 |
3510.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Plus banded charge for each hour per week |
566.00 |
April 05 |
610.00 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | |||
Non Residential Charges |
11.36 |
3859 |
April 05 |
13.32 |
April 06 |
No |
Yes | ||
Charge to external organisations |
22.90 |
N/a |
N/a |
23.60 |
April 06 |
Yes |
No | ||
Other Charges |
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Meals for Adults:- |
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Day Services for People with a Physical Disability, Learning Disability, Mental Health Needs or Older People, Meals on Wheels and Luncheon Clubs per meal |
2.70 |
0 |
April 05 |
2.80 |
April 06 |
No |
No | ||
Hostels for People with a Physical Disability:- Transport charge per week |
7.55 |
In above |
April 05 |
7.80 |
April 06 |
No |
No | ||
Hire of Rooms - per hour |
23.00 |
1 |
April 05 |
24.00 |
April 06 05April 04 |
Yes |
No | ||
41,600 |
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Appendix 6B
Children's Services
Review of income 2006/07
Current charge |
Total income |
Date of last review |
Planned date for next review |
Proposed increase (if proposed now) |
Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No |
Is charge subject to an assessment scale determined locally? Yes/No |
Additional income from increased or new charge | ||
£ |
£'000 |
£ |
£'000 | ||||||
1 |
Mandatory/National charges Inter-authority recoupment |
2,115 |
April 2005 |
April 2006 |
Yes |
Annually calculated to national regulations |
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Penalty notices for parents of truants |
Up to £100 |
2 |
27/2/2004 |
Not known |
Charges are set nationally |
2 | |||
2 |
Discretionary charges Meals at education centres |
1.55 |
52 |
1/9/2005 |
1/4/2006 |
15p (already agreed) |
No |
Review as per terms of the agreed contract |
5 |
Rents |
117 |
1/9/2005 |
1/9/2006 |
Annual rent review by PBRS (Estates Practice |
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Education Psychology Service |
40 |
1/4/2005 |
1/4/2006 |
Yes |
External income, contracts reviewed annually |
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Specialist Teacher Advisory Service |
15 |
1/4/2005 |
1/4/2006 |
Yes |
Charges to Post 16 sector, reviewed annually |
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Outdoor Education (Recharge to OLAs) |
53 |
1/4/2005 |
1/4/2006 |
Yes (SLA) |
Contribution towards cost of service |
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Privileged Transport |
212 |
1/9/2005 |
1/9/2006 |
Contribution towards cost of service administered by Passenger Transport Group, based on RPI |
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Contribution from OLAs/Health Authorities - Youth Service |
N/A |
235 |
1/9/2005 |
1/9/2006 |
Projects or partnerships jointly funded. Reviewed at revised estimate stage after management reports from districts |
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EOTAS charge for unwell and emotionally vulnerable pupils |
220 |
1/9/2005 |
1/4/2006 |
No |
Charge reviewed in April based on school funding rates |
220 | |||
Residential Accommodation for Children (Weekly): Community Homes Secure Unit (Swanwick Lodge) Homes for Children with Disabilities |
1,932.00 3,965.00 2,271.00 |
0 1,964 0 |
April 2005 April 2005 April 2005 |
April 2006 April 2006 April 2006 |
1,988.00 4,320.00 2,338.00 |
Yes Yes Yes |
No No No |
176 | |
Other Charges: Parental Contribution (weekly) Hire of Rooms per hour Hampshire Foster Care Placement Management Charge - per week Foster Care Assessments |
36.00 23.00 224.00 2,021.00 |
24 0 0 0 |
April 2005 April 2005 April 2005 April 2005 |
April 2006 April 2006 April 2006 April 2006 |
37.00 24.00 231.00 2,082.00 |
No Yes Yes Yes |
Yes No No No |
1 | |
3 |
Services provided free where charges could be made |
Nil |
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Total |
5,049 |
404 |
Appendix 6C
Environment
Revenue Budget 2006/07
Review of income
Current charge |
Total income 2006/07 |
Date of last review |
Planned date for next review |
Proposed increase (if proposed now) |
Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No |
Is charge subject to an assessment scale determined locally? Yes/No |
Additional income from increased or new charge | ||
£ |
£'000 |
£ |
£ | ||||||
Charges |
|||||||||
1 |
Mandatory/National charges |
||||||||
Planning Application fees |
Various |
164 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
2 |
Discretionary charges |
||||||||
Road traffic accidents |
|||||||||
- works recharged |
Actual cost |
119 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
- administration |
8% - 15% oncost |
123 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Rent from highways properties |
Various |
38 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Transport charges |
Actual cost |
70 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Trench inspection fees |
Actual cost |
432 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Land search fees |
Various |
240 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
TAG external income |
Various |
10 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Highways Agency Area 3 |
Actual cost |
58 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Road closures |
Various |
10 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Safety audits |
Various |
2 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Engineering consultancy external fees |
Various |
5 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
County Highways laboratory external fees |
Various |
267 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Land Search status enquiries |
40 |
50 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
DfT/EU grant |
Actual cost |
165 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Income from outside bodies |
Actual cost |
23 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
NRSWA Section 74 |
Actual cost |
50 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
TRICS income |
Actual cost |
43 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Abnormal loads |
Actual cost |
10 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Tourist signing |
Actual cost |
2 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Speed checks |
Actual cost |
1 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Publication income |
Various |
1 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Miscellaneous income |
Various |
30 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Section 38 income |
Actual cost |
738 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Traffic surveys |
Various |
27 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Road safety fees and materials |
Various |
46 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
On-street parking charges |
Various |
2,015 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Lorry rent |
Various |
95 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
No |
No |
N/a | |
Minibus driver training and assessment |
60 to 440 |
64 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Bus contracts - district council cont. |
Actual cost |
157 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
No |
No |
N/a | |
Cross boundary bus subsidies |
Various |
486 |
Various |
Various |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Ferries (contributions from Cities) |
Various |
28 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
No |
No |
N/a | |
Routine publicity - contributions from districts |
Various |
20 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
No |
No |
N/a | |
Planning - other charges |
Various |
82 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Trade waste |
Various |
662 |
Jan 05 |
Jan 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Waste management rent |
Various |
743 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Waste management (PCC/SCC contribution) |
Various |
97 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
NFFO income |
Various |
33 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Waste management (West Berkshire contribution) |
Various |
49 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Waste management (dry recyclables processing) |
Various |
617 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Waste management - other miscellaneous |
Various |
74 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
Waste management - commercial use of incinerators |
Various |
125 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
N/a |
Yes |
No |
N/a | |
River Hamble - harbour undertaking River Hamble - Visitor Centre |
Various Various |
542 80 |
Dec 05 Dec 05 |
Dec 06 Dec 06 |
N/a N/a |
Yes Yes |
No No |
N/a N/a | |
3 |
Services provided free where charges could be made |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
8693 |
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Appendix 6D
Policy and Resources
Review of income 2006/07
Current charge |
Total income |
Date of last review |
Planned date for next review |
Proposed increase (if proposed now) |
Is charge set to recover full cost Yes/No |
Is charge subject to an assessment scale determined locally? Yes/No |
Additional income from increased or new charge | ||
£ |
£'000 |
£ |
£ | ||||||
1 |
Mandatory/National charges |
||||||||
Chief Executive |
|||||||||
- Commons Registration |
73 |
1 Oct 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
No |
- | ||
- Recovery of legal costs |
65 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
- | ||
Registration Service |
|||||||||
- Statutory registration fees |
841 |
Annual |
Nov 06 |
- |
- |
No |
n/a | ||
2 |
Discretionary charges |
||||||||
Chief Executive |
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- Legal fees for Police |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- | ||
- Legal fees for Fire |
11 |
Apr 05 |
Apr 06 |
n/a |
Yes |
No |
- | ||
- Legal fees for other bodies |
43 |
Annual |
Apr 06 |
n/a |
Yes |
No |
- | ||
County Treasurer |
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- Contractual Income |
Various |
2,989 |
Annual |
Next Year |
- |
- |
- |
- | |
Property, Business and Regulatory |
|||||||||
- Property Services |
518 |
- |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
Office Accommodation |
|||||||||
- Rent and service charges from other bodies |
378 |
- |
Various |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
County Farms |
|||||||||
- Agricultural lettings |
280 |
Per Agreements |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
- Other rents and income |
110 |
Per Agreements |
- |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
Sites for gypsies and travellers |
|||||||||
- Rents |
125 |
May 05 |
May 06 |
- |
No |
No |
n/a | ||
- Utilities |
30 |
May 05 |
May 06 |
- |
No |
No |
n/a | ||
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens |
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- Entrance fees |
336 |
2005 |
2006 |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
- Conference lettings |
145 |
2005 |
2006 |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
- Rents (gardeners) |
80 |
2005 |
2006 |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
- Other income |
184 |
2005 |
2006 |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
Corporately held land |
|||||||||
- Great Hall sales |
70 |
Various |
Various |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
- Commercial and other rents |
1,077 |
As lease allows |
As lease allows |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
Registration Services |
|||||||||
- Fees for marriage in approved premises |
725 |
Annual |
2006/07 |
- |
Yes |
No |
n/a | ||
3 |
Services provided free where charges could be made |
||||||||
- None |
|||||||||
8,080 |
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Appendix 6E
Recreation and Heritage
Review of income 2006/07
Current charge |
Total income |
Date of last review |
Planned date for next review |
Proposed increase (if proposed now) |
Is charge set to recover full cost |
Is charge subject to an assessment scale determined locally? |
Additional income from increased or new charge | ||
£'000 |
£ |
Yes/No |
Yes/No |
£'000 | |||||
1 |
Museums and Archives Fees and charges, publications, photocopying, micro-form, microfiche,. microfilm, photos, searches, cinema use, miscellaneous |
Various |
964 |
January 2005 |
2006 |
N/A |
No |
No |
N/A |
2 |
Milestones * Fees and charges, publications, miscellaneous |
Various |
524 |
January 2005 |
2006 |
25p |
No |
No |
10 |
3 |
Libraries ** Fines, video hires, publications |
Various |
1,799 |
January 2005 |
2006 |
5p |
No |
No |
100 |
4 |
Countryside Entrance charges, car parks |
Various |
756 |
January 2005 |
2006 |
N/A |
No |
No |
N/A |
5 |
Arts Fees and charges, rents, bar car parks |
Various |
550 |
January 2005 |
2006 |
N/A |
No |
No |
N/A |
6 |
Sports and Community Fees and charges, rents, bar car parks |
Various |
275 |
January 2005 |
2006 |
N/A |
No |
No |
N/A |
7 |
Calshot Activities Centre Fees and charges, sales, board, rents |
Various |
1,984 |
January 2005 |
2006 |
N/A |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
Total |
6,852 |
110 | |||||||
* ** |
Charge for tickets increased by 25p - subject to agreement by Executive Board Charge for late book returns to be increased from 10p to 15p per day. | ||||||||
Annex 1
Protocol for earmarked reserves
Reserve |
Purpose |
Use of reserve |
Management and control |
Review process | |
Schools. |
Earmarking of the balance of unspent delegated budgets. |
1 |
To supplement school's budget share, to finance capital contributions and to provide a contingency. |
Responsibility of headteacher and school governing body. |
In addition to review by individual governing body, trends reviewed annually by the Children's Services executive member. |
2 |
Up to 25% of total reserve made available on a loan basis to finance school capital projects of an `invest to save' nature. £4.4m expected to be advanced under this scheme by 31 March 2008. |
Proposals subject to approval of the capital programme, involving executive member, Cabinet and County Council approval. |
Use of loan scheme subject to appraisal of projects and to 25% upper limit. | ||
Trading units. |
To enable business units to carry forward planned surpluses. |
To meet future deficits and/or restructuring costs, to fund capital investment or to return surpluses to customers by reducing prices. |
By responsible Chief Officer subject to executive member approval. |
Through production of an annual business plan linked to the budget process. | |
Service underspendings. |
To enable services to carry forward 100% of planned underspendings and at least 50% of unplanned underspendings. |
To fund non-recurring expenditure in future years or to phase in the requirement for additional funding or to achieve savings. |
By service Chief Officer reporting to the Executive member. Cabinet responsible for approval of cases where more than 50% of a saving is earmarked. |
Reviewed annually as part of budget cycle. £636,000 of projected balance of £764,000 at 1 April 2006, due to be used to finance spending in 2006/07. | |
Change for Children. |
New reserve to progress the Change for Children agenda. |
An investment fund to pump prime service improvements to deliver the five outcomes of the Children's Act. |
By Director of Children Services subject to executive member approval. |
Transfers of £1.2m to reserve proposed in 2005/06 to 2007/08. | |
Insurance. |
To cover fire, flood and storm damage reinstatement costs which are already committed and to reserve against adverse trends in liability claims. |
To supplement annual `premiums' charged to services. |
Chief Executive and County Treasurer subject to Cabinet approval. |
At least annually on closure of accounts. Reserve balance expected to decline to £2.0m by 31 March 2008 due to current level of fire damage commitments. | |
Second homes income. |
Agreed to earmark additional council tax income from reducing the discount on second homes in 2004/05 for purposes agreed with the relevant district council. |
To fund expenditure in future years on the agreed projects, mainly affordable housing. |
By County Treasurer subject to Cabinet approval. |
Reviewed at least twice yearly on closure of the accounts and in setting the budget. | |
General capital. |
To assist in matching the timing of the availability of capital financing resources with the timing of capital payments. |
To finance locally-resourced capital expenditure. |
By County Treasurer in conjunction with decisions on the financing of the capital programme. |
Reviewed at least twice yearly on closure of the accounts and in approving a new capital programme. Reserve expected to be fully utilised by the end of 2005/06, and again by the end of 2007/08. | |
Pay and benefits transitional costs. |
To assist in meeting transitional salary protection and back pay costs likely to arise from implementation of the Pay and Benefits review. |
To supplement employee budgets in transitional period following implementation. |
County Treasurer subject to Cabinet approval. |
An addition of £5.7m from balances in 2005/06 is proposed to provide a reserve of £10m in 2006/07. | |
Grant equalisation. |
To assist in managing the impact of future grant loss arising from 2003/04 review of the grant formulae, from non-recurring additional grant in 2004/05 and 2005/06, and from further future grant loss as a result of the 2006/07 formula changes. |
To compensate for service and/or council tax impact of grant loss. |
County Treasurer subject to Cabinet approval. |
Revised in each year's budget planning. Following changes to the 2006/07 grant formulae a contribution of £2.8m to the reserve is proposed in 2005/06, rather than a withdrawal of £5.9m, and further contributions of £1.2m in both 2006/07 and 2007/08. | |
Modernisation, restructuring and efficiency plan. |
A newly established reserve in 2005/06, to assist in funding uncertain future costs associated with the modernisation of the County Council's services. |
To fund both pump priming initiatives and continuing higher costs. |
County Treasurer and Chief Executive, subject to the approval of the Leader and Cabinet. |
Review in each year's budget planning and if necessary on an interim basis during the year. £8.7m of the planned contribution in 2005/06 is proposed to be redirected to the grant equalisation reserve. In 2006/07 £7.5m is proposed to be earmarked for pay and benefits implementation, with the balance of £1.2m transferred to the grant equalisation reserve, leaving £3.4m in the reserve. | |
Segensworth unit factories. |
To enable annual tenant contributions towards repairs to be earmarked for periodic major repair liabilities to infrastructure. |
To fund maintenance of specific significant infrastructure costs which are the responsibility of the County Council as freeholder. |
Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services subject to terms of relevant agreement. |
Reserve is ring-fenced | |
Other minor reserves.. |
Sums set aside for specific future purposes. |
To fund spending on specified purpose. |
Various. |
Reviewed at least annually on closure of the accounts. Overall balance projected at £301,000 at 31 March 2008. |