Statement of Accounts 2011/2012 - Blackburn with Darwen Borough ...
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
22 Provisions<br />
Injury and<br />
damage<br />
compensation<br />
claims<br />
Other<br />
provisions<br />
Total<br />
£’000 £’000 £’000<br />
Balance at 1 April 2010 ( 404 ) 0 ( 404 )<br />
Additional provisions made in 2010/11 ( 282 ) ( 402 ) ( 684 )<br />
Amounts used in 2010/11 280 0 280<br />
Unused amounts reversed in 2010/11 0 0 0<br />
Balance at 31 March <strong>2011</strong> ( 406 ) ( 402 ) ( 808 )<br />
Additional provisions made in <strong>2011</strong>/12 ( 200 ) ( 17 ) ( 217 )<br />
Amounts used in <strong>2011</strong>/12 240 0 240<br />
Balance at 31 March <strong>2012</strong> ( 366 ) ( 419 ) ( 785 )<br />
Injury and damage compensation claims<br />
A provision has been made to cover the estimated cost <strong>of</strong> the Council’s contribution to Highways Third Party<br />
Liability claims received up to 31 st March <strong>2012</strong> for which settlement has not been made. The provision <strong>of</strong><br />
£333,800 is based on past experience <strong>of</strong> court decisions about liability and the amount <strong>of</strong> damages payable.<br />
A second provision was established in 2010/11 for the potential excess insurance liabilities <strong>of</strong> five outstanding<br />
accident claims against the Council’s subsidiary company, Intack Services Limited (formerly <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Borough</strong><br />
Transport Limited), which was wound up during 2010/11.<br />
Other provisions<br />
The council has acted as a guarantor for a loan from the Architectural Heritage Fund to the Heritage Trust for the<br />
North West. At 31 March <strong>2012</strong> the loan has not been repaid and a provision continues to be made to cover the<br />
value <strong>of</strong> the loan plus interest accrued to that date (£418,420)<br />
23 Other long term liabilities<br />
1 April<br />
2010<br />
31 March<br />
<strong>2011</strong><br />
31 March<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
£000 £000 £000<br />
195,278 145,329 Pension scheme liability 182,710<br />
21,281 20,430<br />
Council’s share <strong>of</strong> debt administered by<br />
Lancashire County Council under local<br />
government reorganisation regulations 19,613<br />
0 0<br />
Building Schools for the Future Private Finance<br />
Initiative (PFI ) liability<br />
27,086<br />
965 0 Transport Realisation Account 0<br />
217,524 165,759 229,409<br />
24 Usable reserves<br />
Movements in the Council’s usable reserves are detailed in the Movement in Reserves <strong>Statement</strong> (page 16).<br />
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