Contact: Bob Eardley, Strategic Planning Manager, Children's Services Department. Telephone 01962 846275; email: [email protected]

1 Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

1 That the capital programme for 2008/09 to 2010/11 as set out in Appendix 1 be approved for submission to Cabinet.

2 That the deferral of schemes and resources totalling £12.962m be approved for submission to Cabinet.

3 That the proposals for the use of unsupported borrowing as set out in paragraph 10.5 be approved for submission to the Cabinet.

4 That the following variations to the 2007/08 capital programme be approved:

i) the addition of resources of £0.205m from Government grant for federating schools and the allocation of this amount to minor works projects at Crescent Primary and Norwood Primary Schools, Eastleigh;

ii) the addition of resources of £1.229m from 14-19 capital grant and the allocation of this sum to 14-19 consortia as follows:

· £0.476m to Basingstoke and Deane;

· £0.100m to Eastleigh;

· £0.653m to Hart and Rushmoor.

iii) the addition of resources of £0.453m from Schools Sustainable Travel Grant and the allocation of this sum to schools listed in Appendix 6 through Schools' Devolved Capital;

iv) the addition of resources of £0.196m from ICT capital grant for mobile technology to support children's social workers and the allocation of this sum to minor works provision;

v) the addition of resources of £0.173m from capital grant for secure accommodation and the allocation of this amount to minor works at Swanwick Lodge Secure Children's Home;

vi) the allocation of additional resources from the sale of land at the former Beech Down Primary School, Basingstoke to the provision for Phase 2 of the children's centres programme;

vii) a revised programme for Schools Access Initiative projects, as set out in Appendix 6 to the report;

viii) a revised programme for Phase 2 of the children's centres programme, as set out in Appendix 5 to the report;

ix) allocation of £0.400m of County Council funding for Phase 2 of the children's centres programme to meet the cost of professional fees for children's centre feasibility studies;

x) individual allocations for a range of projects listed in Appendix 8, agreed by the Director of Children's Services.

5 That the approval of the Executive Member for Policy and Resources be sought for:

i) the addition of resources of £0.625m from the sale of land at Crestwood College for Business and Enterprise, Eastleigh and allocation to the following projects:

· a range of improvements at Crestwood College for Business and Enterprise, Eastleigh at an estimated cost of £0.500m;

· a contribution of £0.125m to provision of a J Track athletics facility at Wyvern College of technology, Fair Oak.

ii) planning consent until 31 December 2011 for a single temporary classroom at Sopley Primary School.

2 Reasons

2.1 Cabinet has requested that executive members prepare proposals for:

· a locally-resourced capital programmes for the three-year period from 2008/09 to 2010/11 within the guidelines of the current capital programme adjusted for inflation;

· capital schemes supported by Government grants or supported borrowing in 2008/09 and those expected to be supported in 2009/10 and 2010/11, subject to limits restricting the take-up of Government supported borrowing allocations.

2.2 Decisions on the capital programme will support the County Council's corporate priorities, as indicated in the detailed capital programme attached at Appendix 1.

3 Other options considered and rejected

3.1 Not applicable.

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

4.1 None

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee -

5.1 Not applicable

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

6.1 Not applicable

Approved by: Date: 23 January 2008

Councillor David Kirk

Executive Lead Member for Children's Services (Education)