Composite Capital Budget 2022/28 & Housing Investment Programme 2022/27 - Monitoring Report No. 4
Perth and Kinross Council · 26 April 2023
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PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL FINANCE & RESOURCES COMMITTEE 26 APRIL 2023 COMPOSITE CAPITAL BUDGET 2022/28 & HOUSING INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2022/27 – MONITORING REPORT NUMBER No.4 Report by the Head of Finance (Report No. 23/121) 1. PURPOSE This report provides a summary position to date for the 6-year Composite (General Fund) Capital Budget for 2022/23 to 2027/28 and the 5-year Housing Investment Programme 2022/23 to 2026/27 and seeks approval for adjustments to the budgets. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 It is recommended that the Committee: (i) notes the contents of this report. (ii) approves the proposed adjustments to the six-year Composite Capital Budget 2022/23 to 2027/28 set out in Sections 5 and 6 of this report and summarised in Appendices I and II. (iii) approves the proposed adjustments to the Housing Investment Programme Budget 2022/23 to 2026/27 set out in Section 7 of this report and summarised in Appendix III. (iv) notes progress with the delivery of major Capital projects as summarised in Appendix IV. 3. STRUCTURE This report is structured over the following sections: • Section 4: Background • Section 5: Composite Capital Programme – Gross Capital Resources • Section 6: Composite Capital Programme – Expenditure • Section 7: Housing Investment Programme • Section 8: Summary 4. BACKGROUND / MAIN ISSUES 4.1 The Finance & Resources Committee approved an updated six-year gross Composite Capital Budget for 2022/23 to 2027/28 totalling £696,021,000 and
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a five-year gross Housing Investment Programme for 2022/23 to 2027/28 totalling £84,018,000 at its meeting on 1 February 2023 (report 23/31 refers). 4.2 At is meeting on 1 March 2023, the Council approved a revised Composite Capital Budget for the 5 years 2023/24 to 2027/28 (report 23/73 refers). The total gross budget for the 6 years, after including 2022/23, totalled £727,565,000. 4.3 This report advises on expenditure to 28 February 2022, and the latest estimate of the projected outturn for each of the years to 2027/28 for the Composite Programme and to 2026/27 for the Housing Investment Programme. 5. COMPOSITE CAPITAL PROGRAMME – GROSS CAPITAL RESOURCES 5.1 On 1 March 2023 the Council approved a revised Composite Capital Budget totalling £727,565,000, including 2022/23, which reflected an increase in resources of £31,544,000 from the Budget approved on 1 February 2023. All approved movements in resources and expenditure have been included in Appendices I and II of this report and are summarised in the table below: Increase in Gross Expenditure: £’000 Increase in budget - Blairgowrie Recreation Centre 9,300 Contribution to phase 1 enabling works - Perth Eco Innovation Park (Gross: £10 million plus forecast receipts) 11,731 Garry Viaduct 4,400 Bridges & Structures 2,000 Roads Structural Maintenance 2,000 New Gypsy Traveller Site 2,000 Council Property – Decarbonisation 2,000 Free School Meals (FSM) 2,435 Increased funding for Cycling Walking & Safer Streets 472 Other - Mosaic System, SEEMiS & A977 Upgrade 1,630 Collections Store – removed (6,424) Total Increase in Gross Expenditure 31,544 Funded By: Increase in General Capital Grant (Pay Award, FSM, CWSR, General Allocation) (6,382) Perth Eco Innovation Park – Contributions & Receipts (1,731) Increase in Other Receipts & Contributions (140) Increase in Borrowing 23,291 5.2 As a result of ongoing monitoring of the programme, further adjustments to the budget are proposed. The current estimated total gross capital resources (which includes movements in Capital Receipts, Capital Grants, Contributions and borrowing) available over the six years 2022/23 to 2027/28 now amount
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to £727,448,000. Movements from the revised Composite Capital Budget approved on 1 March 2023 are summarised in the table below, and the constituent elements for each year are shown in Appendix I. Total Gross Composite Capital Resources Approved 1 March 2023 Current Estimate Movement £’000 £’000 £’000 2022/23 126,524 113,845 (12,679) 2023/24 192,880 198,729 5,849 2024/25 182,661 193,284 10,623 2025/26 111,465 109,577 (1,888) 2026/27 67,816 65,408 (2,408) 2027/28 46,219 46,605 386 Total 727,565 727,448 (117) 5.3 The overall movement in the total Gross Resources for the 6 years 2022/23 to 2027/28 since 1 March 2023 shown at Section 5.2 above can be summarised as follows: £’000 Net Increase in Capital Grants (Section 5.4) 656 Increase in Third Party and Revenue Contributions (Section 5.5) 431 Net Increase in Receipts 24 Reduction in Borrowing Requirement (Section 5.6 and 5.7) (1,228) Reduction in Gross Capital Resources (Section 5.2) (117) 5.4 The final Local Government Finance Circular issued on 1 March 2023 reflects a reduction of £13,000 in the Council’s General Capital Grant in 2023/24 from the indicative amount included in the provisional settlement issued in December 2022. Consequently, the estimated borrowing has been increased by a corresponding amount. There is also an increase in specific Scottish Government Grants, with an additional £310,000 for Cycling Walking & Safer Streets (Section 6.3.3) and £359,000 for the Recycling Improvement Fund (Section 6.3.12). 5.5 There are various movements between years in Third Party Contributions with an overall increase of £105,000, relating to Breadalbane Community Campus pitch upgarde (£29,000 Section 6.2.5), Cycling Walking & Safer Streets (£15,000 Section 6.3.3) and Auchterarder Public Park (£61,000 Section 6.3.11). There is also an increase of £326,000 in Revenue Contributions. These relate to the Almondbank Flood Protection Scheme (£54,000, Section 6.3.7), the Town Centre Fund programme (£23,000, Section 6.3.9) and the implementation of the Mosaic Social Work System (£249,000, Section 6.4.5). 5.6 The projected Borrowing Requirement in 2022/23, which is effectively the balancing item for resources, is £71,264,000. This is £12,262,000 lower than the Borrowing Requirement approved on 1 March 2023, and mainly reflects the revised phasing of the Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR).
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5.7 The total Borrowing Requirement in the subsequent years 2023/24 to 2027/28 has increased by £11,034,000 to £491,829,000, resulting in a reduction of £1,228,000 across the whole 6-year programme. The movement in borrowing is summarised as follows: 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Later Years Total £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 Reduction in General Capital Grant (Section 5.4) 0 13 0 0 13 (Decrease)/Increase in CTLR expenditure (Section 6.3.6) (14,493) 12,638 1,855 0 0 (Decrease) in Communities LED Street Lighting Prudential Borrowing (Section 6.3.15) (120) (177) (66) (878) (1,241) Movements arising from re- phasing of other expenditure and receipts (Appendix II) 2,351 (7,904) 8,710 (3,157) 0 (Decrease)/Increase in Borrowing Requirement (12,262) 4,570 10,499 (4,035) (1,228) 5.8 The chart below shows the Capital Resources required to fund the 2022/23 Composite Capital Programme following the proposed budget adjustments detailed in this report. 6. COMPOSITE CAPITAL PROGRAMME – EXPENDITURE 6.1 Total Expenditure and Proposed Budget Adjustments to the Current Programme 6.1.1 Total expenditure (net of grants and contributions) to 28 February 2023 on the Composite Capital Programme amounts to £67,104,000, which is detailed in Appendix II and summarised as follows: 62.6% 32.2% 0.6% 1.4% 2.9% 0.5% 5.2% Projected Capital Resources 2022/23 (March 2023) Borrowing (£71.264M) Grants (£36.620M) Tay City Deal (£0.634M) Developer Contributions (£1.549M) Third Party & Revenue Contributions (£3.248M) Receipts (£0.530M) £Million
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Net Expenditure to 28 Feb 2023 £’000 Education & Children’s Services 16,150 Communities 45,101 Health and Social Care 615 Corporate & Democratic Services 5,238 Total 67,104 6.1.2 All the additional expenditure and budget adjustments for each year approved by the Council at its meeting on 1 March 2023 are shown in Appendix II. A comprehensive monitoring exercise has since been carried out, which is detailed in Appendix II. The most significant features are discussed below. 6.2 Education and Children’s Services 6.2.1 The Executive Director (Education & Children’s Services) has reviewed the programme for their Service with the following movements to report at this time. 6.2.2 Following the Council approving a revised budget of £36 million for the new Blairgowrie Recreation Centre on 1 March 2023, the project is now working towards financial close. Financial close and commencement of the works is anticipated for late May 2023 with the new facility expected to be open in December 2024, with phase 2 external works completed by the summer 2025. The spend profile has been rephased in line with the works programme and the revised budgets for each year are detailed in Appendix II. 6.2.3 Within the Investment in the Learning Estate (IILE) budget, works in schools have been progressing at pace with additional suitability improvements having taken place over the past few months. It is, therefore, proposed to accelerate £325,000 from 2024/25 into 2022/23 to cover these works. Due to the phasing of projects at Methven Primary and Braco Primary Schools it is proposed that the IILE budget is reprofiled accordingly with £3,900,000 being moved from 2023/24 into 2025/26 (£1,900,000) and 2026/27 (£2,000,000). 6.2.4 Within the Free School Meals Expansion Programme, it is anticipated that the majority of works will take place in 2024/25. It is, therefore, proposed that £2,000,000 of the budget in 2023/24 is moved to 2024/25. 6.2.5 The Scottish Football Association has awarded a grant of £28,865 to upgrade the pitch at Breadalbane Community Campus in 2023/24. Therefore, this project has been included in Appendix II along with the third-party contribution. Upgrade works at Kirkmichael Primary School are nearing completion and it is proposed that both the remaining budget and the ring- fenced capital receipt funding these works is rephased into 2023/24. With the New Primary School for North/West Perth not due to open until August 2026, only initial fees of £39,000 will be incurred in 2022/23 and it is proposed that £61,000 of the budget is moved to 2023/24.
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6.2.6 The construction of Riverside Primary School is in the final stages. There has been a minor delay against the programme, but the school remains on target to open in mid-June. The forecast spend in 2022/23 is, therefore, lower than previously expected and £790,000 requires to be rephased from 2022/23 into 2023/24 in line with the updated programme. 6.2.7 Upgrade works at Perth Academy and Perth Grammar Schools are progressing well and it is proposed that budgets for both projects are accelerated with £297,000 for Perth Academy and £237,000 for Perth Grammar advancing from 2023/24 to 2022/23. 6.2.8 Following the financial close of the project to replace Perth High School, works have commenced on site in February 2023. It was previously expected that the works on site would not commence until April 2023, therefore, £4,200,000 of the budget has been brought-forward from 2023/24 into 2022/23. 6.2.9 All of the above proposed adjustments have been reflected in Appendix II. 6.3 Communities 6.3.1 The Executive Director (Communities) has reviewed the programme for their Service and proposes various budget adjustments, the most significant of which are described below. 6.3.2 Within Traffic & Road Safety, due to limited staff capacity, the team are focusing on the delivery of grant funded projects where funding is time limited. The Road Safety initiatives budget for 2023/24 has, therefore, required to be rephased over 2024/25 to 2027/28. 6.3.3 The Scottish Government has allocated a further £310,000 to the Council for the Cycling Walking & Safer Routes (CWSR) programme in 2023/24 together with a £15,000 increased contribution from TACTRAN. The budget for School Road Safety Measures in 2023/24 has, therefore, increased by a total of £301,000 with £195,000 brought forward from 2022/23 and £106,000 funded from the CWSR allocation. 6.3.4 Within Asset Management – Roads & Lighting, the planned investment in Local Footpath lighting has had to be reviewed with £100,000 rephased from both 2023/24 and 2024/25 and moved into 2025/26 and 2026/27. 6.3.5 Within Asset Management – Bridges, following the allocation by Council of an additional £2,000,000 budget for the Bridge Refurbishment Programme in March, it is proposed that this is phased over 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26. Work on Dalhenzean Culvert, Dunkeld Golf Course and Tullyfergus Bridge are now unlikely to be completed in 2023/24 and it is proposed that the budgets for these projects are moved to 2027/28. 6.3.6 The contractor for the Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR) has provided an update to the expenditure profile with adjustments to the order in which work is expected to be complete, resulting in an estimated reduction in expenditure in
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2022/23 of £14,493,000. This also includes provision incorporated into the 2022/23 budget for construction risk and compensation events which have not yet been fully utilised. It is therefore proposed that £12,638,000 is moved to 2023/24 and £1,855,000 moved into 2024/25. Delivery of the CTLR remains on schedule. 6.3.7 Within the budget for Flood Protection Schemes, a Revenue Contribution towards the final costs on the Almondbank Flood Protection Scheme of £54,000 has been made and the scheme budget adjusted accordingly. The Perth Flood Protection Scheme pump replacement project has been completed and it is proposed that the remaining budget of £161,000 is applied towards the South Inch Culvert Reinstatement, with £35,000 in 2022/23 and £126,000 in 2023/24. It is also proposed to transfer a further £225,000 to the project in 2023/24 from Structural Maintenance. The schemes at Comrie, South Kinross and Scone also require to be rephased, which is detailed in Appendix II. 6.3.8 Within the Perth & Kinross Place-making programme, following the decision of the Council on 1 March 2023, the Perth & Kinross Lighting Action Plan has been rephased to reflect existing commitments, with a further report on the project to be submitted to the Environment, Infrastructure and Economic Development Committee in May 2023. 6.3.9 Within Other Planning Projects, it is proposed to allocate £63,000 towards the Coupar Angus Strathmore Community Hub by utilising £40,000 of the Scottish Government Town Centre Grant and a £23,000 Revenue Contribution. The Low Carbon Transport Hub project has been rephased between 2022/23 and 2023/24 in line with the anticipated spend. 6.3.10 Within City Centre Developments, the Perth Museum project is progressing well and is currently on budget and on track for opening in 2024. Consequently, an accelerated expenditure profile has been received from the contractor and £1,714,000 has been accelerated from 2023/24 into 2022/23. 6.3.11 Within Community Greenspace, Play Areas –the budget for 2023/24 will not be utilised in full, £400,000 of the budget has been moved from 2023/24 into 2024/25. As the priority in 2023/24 has been placed on improvements to Play Areas, the projects for Countryside Sites and Community Greenspace Sites will not progress in 2023/24 and it is therefore proposed that these budgets are rephased across subsequent years of the programme. Also, within Community Greenspace, a further £61,000 contribution has been provided from the community towards the project at Auchterarder Public Park and the expenditure budget has been increased accordingly. 6.3.12 Within Waste Strategy, due to inflation increasing the costs of the additional bins required for the dual stream recycling due to be implemented in 2023, additional grant of £77,000 in 2022/23 and £282,000 in 2023/24 from the Recycling Improvement Fund has been secured which is now reflected within the budget.
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6.3.13 Within Support Services, multi-year IT licences require to be accounted for in full at the start of the period covered by the new licence and £163,000 has been moved into 2022/23 with corresponding adjustments to the budgets for future years as detailed in Appendix II. 6.3.14 A number of adjustments require to be made to the budgets for Prudential Borrowing Projects. The Street Lighting Renewal project, which involves LED lighting and column replacement, will not be completed as budgeted due to the capacity to carry out the works. As a result, it is proposed to reduce the project by £1,241,000 in total over the six years of the current Capital plan as set out in Appendix II to better reflect the likely delivery of works. The redevelopment of 1-5 High Street into a boutique hotel is unlikely to be progressed by the developer in 2023/24 because of currently high construction inflation. The Council’s approved £1,900,000 contribution towards the agreed heritage works, therefore, requires to be rephased into 2024/25 and 2025/26. 6.3.15 All the above proposed adjustments, together with various other small movements, have been reflected in Appendices I & II. 6.4 Corporate & Democratic Services 6.4.1 The Chief Operating Officer has reviewed the programme for their Service and proposes the following adjustments described below. Property Services 6.4.2 Upgrades to Pitlochry High School were delayed to allow electrical compliance works to be carried out (Report 23/31 refers). Work has now recommenced, however, access restrictions to some areas due to their continued use for learning means some works will not be undertaken until the summer holidays. Consequently, £170,000 in 2022/23 has been moved into 2023/24. Information Systems & Technology 6.4.3 Within the ICT Infrastructure & Replacement and Upgrade programme, £362,000 of network equipment will be delivered in June 2023 and will require to be accounted for in 2023/24 with the budget adjusted accordingly. 6.4.4 Within the School AV Programme, £100,000 has been rephased into 2023/24 to allow works to be undertaken over the school holiday period. 6.4.5 Following the approval of an additional allocation of £442,000 by the Council in March, the Mosaic social care system project has been extended to 2025/26 to enable ongoing support and development after the go-live date of March 2024. This includes some rephasing of the estimated expenditure each year. The budget is also enhanced by Revenue Contributions in 2024/25 (£124,000) and 2025/26 (£125,000) following the conclusion of the previous supplier contract.
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6.4.6 All the above proposed adjustments, together with other small movements have been reflected in Appendices I & II. 6.5 Health & Social Care 6.5.1 The Enabled Telecare project to upgrade the community alarm system to digital is underway. However, due to difficulty in obtaining stock from suppliers, the pace of upgrades has been slower than originally planned. It is anticipated that upgrades will continue at an increased pace over the next year and £550,000 of the budget has, therefore, been rephased into 2023/24. 6.5.2 The above adjustment has been reflected in Appendix II. Major Capital Projects 6.5.3 Appendix IV to the report shows progress on the delivery of major Capital projects within the approved Capital programme. The appendix summarises budgeted expenditure and the current projected outturn on these projects; their anticipated completion date; current status and any significant changes since the last monitoring report. 7. HOUSING INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 7.1 The current estimated expenditure, net of contributions, for the Housing Investment Programme over the 5 years 2022/23 to 2026/27 amounts to £87,018,000. This has increased by £3,000,000 following the approval of the revised Housing Investment Programme by the Housing & Social Wellbeing Committee on 25 January 2023 (report 23/9 refers) which allocated a further £3,000,000 to the Council House Buy-Back Programme in 2026/27. Movements from the previous estimates approved by this Committee on 1 February 2023 are summarised in the table below and detailed in Appendix III. Approved 1 Feb 2023 Current Estimate Movement £’000 £’000 £’000 2022/23 18,990 18,180 (810) 2023/24 16,457 20,422 3,965 2024/25 13,858 13,853 (5) 2025/26 18,669 15,519 (3,150) 2026/27 16,044 19,044 3,000 Total 84,018 87,018 3,000 7.2 The Housing & Social Wellbeing Committee also approved a new budget for 2027/28 amounting to £19,044,000. This will be included in the first monitoring report for 2023/24 in September 2023. 7.3 Total Expenditure to 28 February 2023 (Housing Investment Programme) Net expenditure for 2022/23 to 28 February 2023 amounts to £10,531,000 and receipts amount to £9,000. This therefore means that the borrowing requirement for the year to date is £10,522,000.
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7.4 £218,000 on the New Build Programme at Lynedoch Road, Methven has been accelerated from 2023/24 into 2022/23 reflecting progress made on the construction work. The Council House Buy-Backs budget has been increased by £822,000 to reflect the additional properties purchased in 2022/23. As a result, an extra £210,000 of Scottish Government grant has been awarded in 2022/23, with the balance of £612,000 being brought forward from the 2023/24 budget. 7.5 It is proposed to bring forward and allocate £3,150,000 of the SHQS Future Developments Budget in 2025/26 to various projects as follows: • Triple Glazing, with £200,000 in 2022/23 and £2,500,000 in 2023/24, following the award of a new windows contract under Phase 4 of the programme. • Bathroom Modernisation Programme, with £400,000 required in 2022/23 to meet additional Occupational Therapy referrals. • Sheltered Housing, with £30,000 required in 2022/23 for the Fire Alarm Replacement at Carpenter Court, Perth. A further £5,000 is required in 2022/23 for boiler upgrades to allow remote monitoring, with this amount being accelerated from the 2024/25 budget for Sheltered Housing. 7.6 Expenditure on the following programmes has been accelerated from 2023/24 into 2022/23: • Kitchen Modernisation Programme - £50,000 to cover additional kitchen renewals. • External Fabric - £400,000, to cover additional properties identified from the Tennant Management Scheme. 7.7 The review of the programme has also identified some areas where budgets in 2022/23 have required to be moved into 2023/24 to reflect planned levels of work: • Central Heating & Rewiring works - £142,000. The main contract was completed on 31 March 2023, whilst the budget allocation included an element of ad-hoc boiler replacements and re-wiring works which are to be rephased into 2023/24. • Anchor House, Rannoch Road, Perth - £100,000, due to additional works on the walkway delaying the main programme works, which is still to be finalised. • Shops & Offices - £186,000, with no works identified in 2022/23. • Upgrade & Replacement Lift Programme - £139,000, with no further works planned for 2022/23. • ICT Expenditure - £178,000, with no required expenditure in 2022/23. 7.8 The revised level of Capital Funded from Current Expenditure (CFCR) approved by the Housing & Wellbeing Committee in setting the Housing Revenue Account budget in January 2023, together with the additional £3,000,000 allocated to Council House Buy-Back has increased the borrowing requirement for the overall programme by a net £8,287,000 to £75,625,000.
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8. SUMMARY 8.1 The projected net expenditure outturn in 2022/23 for the Composite Capital Budget is £87,960,000 and represents 64% of the 2022/23 budget as approved on 20 April 2022 (£138,276,000). This reflects the adjustments outlined within this report and the rephasing of the expenditure profile for major projects since the Capital budget for 2022/23 was originally set in April 2022. 8.2 Net expenditure to 28 February 2023 on the Composite Capital Budget is £67,104,000 and represents 76% of the forecast revised budget for 2022/23 of £87,960,000. However, actual expenditure to 28 February 2023 shown above does not include accrued expenditure or provision for works certified as completed by that date. All such expenditure is accounted for when preparing the final outturn as at 31 March 2023. 8.3 The projected net expenditure outturn in 2022/23 for the Housing Investment Programme is £18,180,000 and represents 101% of the 2022/23 budget approved on 20 April 2022 (£17,963,000). 8.4 Net expenditure to 28 February 2023 on the Housing Investment Programme is £10,531,000, subject to the same caveat outlined above for the Composite Programme, which represents 58% of the forecast revised budget for 2022/23 of £18,180,000. 8.5 A summary of the major capital projects included with the Council’s Composite Capital Budget and Housing Investment Programme and their current status is included at Appendix IV. Author(s) Name Designation Contact Details John Jennings Senior Accountant CHXFinance@pkc.gov.uk Approved Name Designation Date Karen Donaldson Stewart MacKenzie Chief Operating Officer Head of Finance 14 April 2023 14 April 2023
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ANNEX 1. IMPLICATIONS, ASSESSMENTS, CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION Strategic Implications Yes / None Community Plan / Single Outcome Agreement None Corporate Plan Yes Resource Implications Financial Yes Workforce Yes Asset Management (land, property, IST) Yes Assessments Equality Impact Assessment Yes Strategic Environmental Assessment Yes Sustainability (community, economic, environmental) Yes Legal and Governance None Risk None Consultation Internal Yes External None Communication Communications Plan None 1. Strategic Implications Corporate Plan 1.1 The Council’s Corporate Plan 2022 – 2027 lays out seven outcome focussed strategic objectives which provide clear strategic direction, inform decisions at a corporate and service level and shape resources allocation. They are as follows: • Tackling Poverty • Tackling climate change and supporting sustainable places • Growing a sustainable and inclusive local economy • Enabling our children and young people to achieve their full potential • Protecting and caring for our most vulnerable people • Supporting and promoting physical and mental wellbeing • Placing communities at the heart of how we work 1.2 This report relates to all of these objectives. 2. Resource Implications Financial 2.1 There are no direct financial implications arising from this report other than those reported within the body of the main report.
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Workforce 2.2 There are no direct workforce implications arising from this report other than those reported within the body of the main report. Asset Management (land, property, IT) 2.3 There are no direct asset management implications arising from this report other than those reported within the body of the main report. 3. Assessments Equality Impact Assessment 3.1 Under the Equality Act 2010, the Council is required to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between equality groups. Carrying out Equality Impact Assessments for plans and policies allows the Council to demonstrate that it is meeting these duties. 3.2 The information contained within this report has been considered under the Corporate Equalities Impact Assessment process (EqIA) and has been assessed as not relevant for the purposes of EqIA. Strategic Environmental Assessment 3.3 The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 places a duty on the Council to identify and assess the environmental consequences of its proposals. 3.4 The information contained within this report has been considered under the Act. However, no action is required as the Act does not apply to the matters presented in this report. Sustainability 3.5 Under the provisions of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 the Council has to discharge its duties in a way which contributes to the achievement of sustainable development. In terms of the Climate Change Act, the Council has a general duty to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability and the community, environmental and economic impacts of its actions. 3.6 The information contained within this report has been considered under the Act. However, no action is required as the Act does not apply to the matters presented in this report. 4. Consultation Internal 4.1 The Chief Executive and the Executive Directors have been consulted in the preparation of this report.
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2. BACKGROUND PAPERS No background papers, as defined by Section 50D of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (other than any containing confidential or exempt information) were relied on to any material extent in preparing the above report. 3. APPENDICES • Appendix I – Composite Capital Programme - Estimated Capital Resources 2022/23 to 2027/28 • Appendix II – Composite Capital Programme - Summary of Capital Resources and Expenditure 2022/23 to 2027/28 • Appendix III – HRA Capital Investment Programme – Summary of Capital Resources and Expenditure 2022/23 to 2026/27 • Appendix IV – Significant Capital Projects Progress Update