Archived decisions

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Financial Instruments

In accordance with Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 26, Financial Instruments:

Recognition and Measurement, the balance sheet includes the following categories

of financial instruments:

Long-term

Current

31 March

31 March

see note

2008

2008

£'000

£'000

Loans and receivables:

Long-term debtors

15a

1,363

Debtors

15b

63,190

Short-term investments

15c

162,794

Payments in advance

-

6,527

Loans and receivables

1,363

232,511

Financial liabilities at amortised cost:

Long-term borrowing

15d

-324,782

Short-term borrowing

15e

-65,929

Deposits

15h

-2,796

Creditors

15i

-133,883

Receipts in advance

15j

-65,627

Developers' contributions

15g

-31,599

Financial liabilities at amortised cost

-356,381

-268,235

15a

Long-term debtors

31 March

31 March

2007

2008

£'000

£'000

Car loans to staff

712

676

Home Computer Salary Sacrifice Scheme

569

236

Other

320

451

1,601

1,363

Transferred debt

43,404

41,435

45,005

42,798

Transferred debt represents amounts of capital advances due to be repaid

after statutory transfers of former services to independent bodies. These are not

financial instruments and are shown at the book value of the amount outstanding.

£38.9 million remains to be repaid by the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton,

and £2.5m by Hampshire Police Authority. The Higher Education Funding

Council debt was repaid in 2007/08.

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