Contact: Bob Eardley, Strategic Planning Manager, 01962 846275. Email: [email protected]

1 Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

a) That the following variations to the 2007/08 Children's Services capital programme be approved:

(i) a consolidated budget of £21.771m for the provision of Phase 2 of the Children's Centres programme;

(ii) an increase of £0.529m in the estimated cost of the major project at The Bridge Education Centre, Eastleigh, to a total of £1.649m;

(iii) an increase of £0.316m in the estimated cost of the major project at Marnel Infant and Marnel Junior Schools, Basingstoke, to a total of £3.691m;

(iv) a contribution of £0.099m to the major project at The Lanterns Children's Centre, Winchester, to be funded initially from the capital programme contingency, pending availability of a capital receipt from the sale of the former Greenacres School, Winchester.

2 Reason

2.1 These decisions support the Corporate Strategy "Maximising well-being" and "Enhancing our quality of place!" by proposing allocations of funding to improve the environments of Hampshire schools and children's homes.

3 Other Options considered and rejected:

None.

4 Conflicts of Interest declared by the decision maker or other Executive Member consulted

None

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee -

Not applicable

6 Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent -

Not applicable

Approved by: Date:

Councillor TK Thornber CBE 18 July 2007