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Cash Flow Statement

2004/05

2005/06

Revenue Activities

£'000

£'000

Cash outflows

Cash paid to and on behalf of employees

775,091

816,565

Other operating costs

541,614

582,098

1,316,705

1,398,663

Cash inflows

Rents

-4,346

-4,027

Precepts

-402,458

-420,454

National business rates

-313,904

-380,761

Revenue Support Grant

-332,926

-304,349

Collection fund surpluses

-2,987

-1,846

Charges for goods and services

-77,186

-96,400

Specific Government grants

-172,468

-168,208

Other income

-80,591

-108,453

-1,386,866

-1,484,498

Net cash inflow from revenue activities (see note 1)

-70,161

-85,835

Returns on investments and servicing of finance

Cash outflows - Interest paid

14,652

16,105

Cash inflows - Interest received

-3,009

-2,776

Net cash outflow from servicing of finance activities

11,643

13,329

Capital Activities

Cash outflows

Fixed assets

181,796

168,570

Deferred charges

17,077

19,686

198,873

188,256

Cash inflows

Sale of fixed assets

-18,817

-11,101

Capital grants (see note 2)

-41,972

-46,520

Other income

-55,087

-21,427

-115,876

-79,048

Net cash outflow from capital activities

82,997

109,208

Net cash outflow before financing (see notes 3 and 4)

24,479

36,702

Financing

Borrowing repayable over periods of one year or more:

Repayments

8,000

4,000

New loans

-39,000

-52,000

Borrowing repayable within one year:

Repayments

412,361

479,083

New loans

-438,415

-457,871

Net cash inflow/outflow

-32,575

9,914

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Notes to cash flow statement

1

Reconciliation of Consolidated Revenue Account surplus to

net cash inflow from revenue activities

2004/05

2005/06

£'000

£'000

Net surplus (-) deficit (+) on the Consolidated

Revenue Account

-5,022

13,454

Net cash outflow from servicing of finance activities

-11,643

-13,329

Variation in stocks

495

-255

Variation in deposits

7

-116

Variation in debtors

6,472

-2,847

Decrease in long-term debtors

-813

-2,218

Increase in payments in advance

1,606

992

Increase in creditors

-11,160

-3,954

Variation in receipts in advance

156

-3,832

Decrease in provisions

3,279

1,686

Variation in other balances

-62

240

-20

-10,304

Non-cash transactions

Transfers from reserves

-9,205

-17,235

Increase in doubtful debts provision

-447

-576

Interest on developer contributions

-1,122

-1,305

Provision for loan and lease repayments

-18,457

-20,988

Contribution to capital outlay

-24,245

-35,552

-53,476

-75,656

Net cash inflow from revenue activities

-70,161

-85,835

2

Analysis of capital grants

(Revenue grants are analysed in the Consolidated Revenue Account)

2004/05

2005/06

£'000

£'000

Capital grants

Department for Education and Skills

35,923

40,313

Department for Constitutional Affairs

319

-

Department of Health

696

352

Department of Transport

3,867

2,941

Department for Communities and Local Government

1,004

2,646

Other Bodies

163

268

41,972

46,520

63

3

Movement in net debt

at 1 April

at 31 March

Movement

2005

2006

in the year

£'000

£'000

£'000

Cash

Cash in hand

6,703

6,116

-587

Cash overdrawn

-19,753

-18,426

1,327

Investments

108,210

97,556

-10,654

Cash outflow

95,160

85,246

-9,914

Financing

Borrowing repayable within one year

-117,542

-100,330

17,212

Long term borrowing

-243,000

-287,000

-44,000

Total borrowing

-360,542

-387,330

-26,788

Net debt

-265,382

-302,084

-36,702

4

Reconciliation of movement in net debt to cash flow statement

2004/05

2005/06

£'000

£'000

Cash inflow/outflow

32,575

-9,914

Repayment of amount borrowed

8,000

4,000

New loans

-39,000

-52,000

Net increase in temporary borrowing

-26,054

21,212

-24,479

-36,702

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