NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH <strong>2002</strong>17. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES AND CHARGESEmployer Pensions Job Total& PublicEvaluationliabilityclaims£ £ £ £At 1 April 2001 898,118 2,350,174 727,064 3,975,356Expenditure in the period -262,355 0 -727,064 -989,419Transferred from Income and Expenditure Account 485,388 230,393 521,902 1,237,683At 31 March <strong>2002</strong> 1,121,151 2,580,567 521,902 4,223,620As directed by the Department of <strong>Education</strong>, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, aprovision has not been included in the <strong>Board</strong> accounts for future liabilities in respect of existing teacher prematureretirement cases. It is agreed that any assessment of future financial liabilities in this regard should be reflectedin the Teachers’ Superannuation Account (part of the Departmental accounting structure). The in year charge inrespect of such cases as well as the requisite employer superannuation contributions is charged to the <strong>Board</strong>’sincome and expenditure account. In that respect the number of teacher premature retirement compensationcases is as follows:<strong>2002</strong> £ 2001 £2001/02 51 83Cumulative 489 43818. DEFERRED INCOME - DEFERRED GRANTSDepartment Other TotalSources£ £ £At 1 April 2001 - - -Cash received - - -At 31 March <strong>2002</strong> - - -19. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE RESERVE£At 1 April 2001 1,591,306Deficit Grant received from Department of <strong>Education</strong> 1,142,181Amount transferred (to)/from Income and Expenditure Account (1,176,945)Transfer (to)/from School Reserve (230,064)Transfer (to)/from Grant Reserve (1,099,980)Transfer(to)/from Government Grant Reserve (37,275)Transfer (to)/from Donated Asset Reserve -At 31 March <strong>2002</strong> 189,22354 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2001~</strong> <strong>2002</strong>
20. OTHER RESERVESGovernment General Schools Grant Special TotalGrant Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve Book Reserve£ £ £ £ £ £At 1 April 2001 396,400,172 1,185 1,542,734 (673,742) 3,287,500 400,557,849Transfer to/(from) Income& Expenditure Reserve 37,275 - 230,064 1,099,980 - 1,367,319Capital grants received for tangible 5,291,294 - - - - 5,291,294fixed assetsRelease of government grant reserve (7,827,741) - - - - (7,827,741)Revaluation of tangible fixed assets 62,471,239 - - - - 62,471,239Impairment in value of fixed assets (2,776,810) - - - - (2,776,810)Backlog depreciation (1,953,165) - - - - (1,953,165)Disposal of fixed assets (20,450,000) 826,000 - - - (19,624,000)Transfer to/from General Reserve - - - - - -Capitalisation of Special Books - - - - - -At 31 March <strong>2002</strong> 431,192,264 827,185 1,772,798 426,238 3,287,500 437,505,98521. PENSION AND SIMILAR OBLIGATIONSThe <strong>Board</strong>’s employees belong to two principal schemes, the Teachers’ Superannuation Scheme (TSS) and theNorthern Ireland Local Government Officer’s Superannuation Committee Scheme (NILGOSC).The Teachers’ Superannuation Scheme is a contributory scheme administered by the Department of <strong>Education</strong>.The conditions of the Superannuation (NI) Order 1972, the Teachers’ Superannuation Regulations (NI) 1977 andsubsequent amendments apply to the scheme. The scheme is presently notionally funded. The rate of the employer’scontribution is determined from time to time by the Government actuary and advised by the Department ofFinance and Personnel. For 2001/02 the contribution rates were 7.85% employers and 6% employees.The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee Scheme is of the defined benefitstype, the assets of the scheme being held in separate trustee administered funds.The total pension cost was £10,350,548 (2001 - £9,222,146).The pension costs are assessed in accordance with the advice of independent qualified actuaries using theprojected unit method. The latest actuarial valuations of the schemes were at 31 March 1998 (TSS) and 31March 1998 (NILGOSC). The assumptions that have the most significant effect on the valuations and otherrelevant data are as follows:TSSNILGOSCRate of return on investments N/A 8.5%Rate of increase in salaries N/A 6%Rate of increase in pensions N/A 4.5%Rate of dividend growth N/A 4.75%Market value of the assets at the date of the last valuation N/A £2,099.5mThe actuarial value of the assets of NILGOSC was sufficient to cover all of the benefits which had accrued tomembers after allowing for future increases in earnings.<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2001~</strong> <strong>2002</strong>55