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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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