Decision details

The Director of Resources reported on the 2020/21 capital programme outturn for this Committee and sought approval for the slippage of some capital scheme budgets from the 2020/21 financial year to the 2021/22 financial year.

Members were reminded that:

·         A revised capital programme budget totalling £1,277,520 for six schemes had been approved by the Special Policy and Finance Committee in February 2021.

·         The Committee had received reports monitoring progress of these schemes.

·         Annex 1 to the report set out the Committee’s capital programme outturn by scheme.

The actual expenditure on the 2020/21 capital programme was £679,007, which was 53.2% of the revised estimate budget and three of the six capital schemes had been completed in-year. Slippage totalling £595,170 had been requested for the remaining three schemes.

Members were informed that the Council’s Disabled Facilities Grants 2021/22 funding allocation from Central Government was confirmed in May 2021. Thus, the Disabled Facilities Grants scheme original estimate budget 2021/22 is now confirmed as £393,010.

RESOLVED THAT COMMITTEE:

Approved the slippage of the following budgets into the 2021/22 capital programme:

•     Disabled Facilities Grants, £567,500.

•     Landlord/Tenant Grants, £15,900.

•     Clitheroe Affordable Housing Scheme, £11,770.