ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2005/06

Waverley Borough Council Committee System - Committee Document

Meeting of the Executive held on 27/06/2006
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2005/06
CAPITAL PROGRAMME OUTTURN (GENERAL FUND, HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT AND
LA SOCIAL HOUSING GRANT)

Summary & Purpose

This report presents the outturn for the Council’s 2005/06 Capital Programme. It also seeks approval for the financing proposals, determination in respect of the Minimum Revenue Provision and a proposal to add slippage from the 2005/06 programme to the 2006/07 programme.

APPENDIX E.2

Waverley Borough Council

EXECUTIVe – 27TH jUNE 2006

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Title:

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2005/06
CAPITAL PROGRAMME OUTTURN
(GENERAL FUND, HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT AND
LA SOCIAL HOUSING GRANT)

[Wards Affected: N/A]

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Summary and purpose:

This report presents the outturn for the Council’s 2005/06 Capital Programme. It also seeks approval for the financing proposals, determination in respect of the Minimum Revenue Provision and a proposal to add slippage from the 2005/06 programme to the 2006/07 programme.

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Environmental implications:

There are no direct environmental implications as a result of the recommendation of this report. However, the outturn includes services that have very significant positive environmental benefits.

Social / community implications:

There are no direct social/community implications as a result of the recommendation of this report. However, the outturn includes services that do have very significant positive social/community benefits.

E-Government implications:

The outturn contains budgets to enable the delivery of Waverley’s E-Government Strategy.

Resource and legal implications:

There are no direct legal implications as a result of the recommendation of this report. Resource implications are contained throughout the report.
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Introduction

1. This report presents the outturn for the Council’s 2005/06 Capital Programme. It also seeks approval for the financing proposals, determination in respect of the Minimum Revenue Provision and a proposal to add slippage from the 2005/06 Programme to the 2006/07 Programme.

2. Details of the 2005/06 Capital Programme Outturn, together with the proposed slippage of budgets from 2005/06 to 2006/07 are detailed at Annexe 1. The financing proposals are summarised in the report.

General Fund Capital Programme

3. The original approved Programme for 2005/06 was Ł3,313,000; to which was added slippage from 2004/05 and supplementary approvals during the year of Ł50,730 for the Playground Replacement Programme, Ł200,000 for Recycling Containers and Ł1,075,000 for purchase of the former Health-centre Site.

4. The total budget at the year-end was Ł4,979,330. Actual expenditure in the year was Ł3,759,646, with slippage requests totalling Ł1,078,528.

5. The above figures include assets totalling Ł144,216 bought from within existing approved revenue budgets such as equipment, but which are now required to be treated as capital expenditure for accounting purposes. These have therefore been included within the Capital Programme, but funded from equivalent revenue contributions with no overall effect on the Revenue accounts.

Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme

6. Total capital expenditure in the year was Ł7,359,895 against an overall capital budget of Ł7,262,030. The commitment to spend Ł3.8 million on decent homes work in the year was achieved together with a very large programme of disabled adaptations. The contract for the major refurbishment of the Cedar Lodge hostel for the homeless is on target and completing in April/May 2006.

7. Waverley’s element of the Kilnfields regeneration was completed during the year with all tenants now in their new homes. Agreed variations have resulted in an overspend of the budget allowed for 2005/06 with the final account still to be negotiated and agreed. However, Waverley’s element of the scheme, including the provision of two ‘excellent’ rated eco-homes, will have been achieved for a net cost of less than Ł3 million and within the budget reported to Members in 2002.

8. The programme was funded from the Major Repairs Allowance of just under Ł3.5 million, Capital Receipts of just under Ł3.3 million and Revenue Contributions of some Ł600,000.

Financing

9. The financial resources available were as follows:-

(a) Usable capital receipts;

(b) specific Government grants;

(c) other external funding;
(d) the Major Repairs Allowance; and
(e) any revenue resources, including the Revenue Reserve Fund, the Capital Fund, the Matched-Funding Provision and the Vehicle Renewals Fund, as well as direct revenue contributions.

10. The Council's total Capital Programme expenditure amounted to Ł11,876,531 and it is proposed to finance this as follows:-

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Use of Capital Receipts	5,177,030
Use of Revenue Reserve Fund	1,233,508
Use of Capital Fund	67,808
Use of Vehicle Renewals Fund	23,891
Specific Grants and Contributions	555,388
Partnership Funding Provision	333,307
Major Repairs Allocation	3,657,492
Revenue Contribution from HRA	595,950
Revenue Contributions from General Fund	232,157
	Ł11,876,531

Use of Capital Receipts

11. After allowing for the funding of schemes from other sources, there remained a balance of Ł3,083,953 Housing Revenue Account schemes to be funded from Housing Capital Receipts. Housing Capital Receipts have also been used to finance Social Housing Grant (DIYSO) at Ł756,990 and the purchase of the former Health-centre Site at Farnham at Ł1,075,000. General Fund Capital Receipts have been used to finance House Renovation Grants (Ł153,678), the East Street and Riverside projects (Ł107,409).

Minimum Revenue Provision

12. Local authorities are required to make a Minimum Revenue Provision for credit liabilities each year, i.e. repay outstanding external debt at a level that is based on a formula. This is mandatory for General Fund debt and voluntary for HRA debt.

13. For the financial year 2005/06 the Waverley Minimum Revenue Provision is:-

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General Fund	0
Housing Revenue Account *	71,678
* Voluntary MRP based on 2% of the outstanding balance of the HRA notional debt.

Slippage

14. Total slippage of Ł1,078,528 has occurred on specific General Fund schemes and there are, therefore, recommendations for this to be added to the Capital Programme for 2006/07. This figure includes a total of Ł244,000 of Partnership Funding and other grants, the timing of which is outside of Waverley’s control. Significant slippage of Ł339,000 has also occurred in the area of Electronic Government for Customer Services, although the Council is still on target to meet Government requirements. Ł112,000 of the slippage relates to Waste Recycling Containers, for which a total of Ł300,000 has been approved spanning the two financial years.

15. Slippage of the balance of the Social Housing Grant (SHG) programme is requested as there were several DIYSO applications in preparation at the end of the financial year.

Recommendation

It is recommended that:-

1. the financing proposals for the 2005/06 financial year summarised in paragraph 10 be approved;

2. slippage totalling Ł1,078,528 as detailed in Annexe 1, from the 2005/06 General Fund Capital Programme to the 2006/07 General Fund Capital Programme be approved; and

3. slippage totalling Ł243,000 as detailed in Annexe 1, from the 2005/06 to the 2006/07 Social Housing Grant Capital Programme be approved.

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Background Papers (DoF)

There are no background papers (as defined by Section 100D(5) of the Local Government Act 1972) relating to this report.

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CONTACT OFFICER:

Name: Brian Long Telephone: 01483 523253

E-mail: blong@waverley.gov.uk

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