Issue - meetings

Recommended:           That Council approve the restated 2014/15 to 2018/19 programme of £203.851m as summarised in Table 3 and detailed in Annex A of the report.

Reason:     To allow the continued effective financial management of the capital programme from 2014/15 to 2018/19.

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Members considered a report which set out the capital programme outturn position, including any under or over spends the overall funding of the programme and an update on future years.

An outturn of £44.616m was noted compared to an approved budget of £60.908m, an overall variation of £16.292m with the programme continuing to operate within budget.

A summary of the 2013/14 Capital Programme outturn was detailed, in the report and at Annexes A and B, highlighting the total variances for individual departments along with requests for reprofiling and an update on the Economic Infrastructure Fund.

Amendments made to future year’s capital programmes as a result of reprofiling and requests for the use of new funding were also reported.

Members made reference to the ongoing challenges for the programme whilst highlighting progress with key schemes, including park and ride, the Disabled Support Grant and repairs and refurbishments at a number of schools.

Recommended:           That Council approve the restated 2014/15 to 2018/19 programme of £203.851m as summarised in Table 3 and detailed in Annex A of the report. ^1.

Reason:     To allow the continued effective financial management of the capital programme from 2014/15 to 2018/19.