Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Finance, Property and Transformation

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/043

Key decision

Contact: Natalie Crawford, Capital Programme Manager

Natalie.crawford@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Deputy Chief Executive (Section 151 Officer) (CA12)

To note the performance against the capital programme for 2025/26 as set out in the report.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Note performance against the Capital Programme for 2025/26.

b)    Note the Capital Programme Provisional Outturn Summary for 2025/26

Annex 1a: Strategy Programmes Expenditure

Annex 1b: Capital Financing

Annex 1c: Strategy / Programme Level Reporting during the year

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a detailed report on the Capital Programme Outturn for the financial year 2025/26, It reviewed the performance against the Council’s ten-year Capital Programme, comparing actual expenditure to the original and updated budgets, and provided insights into funding sources, project progress, and risk management related to capital investments.

Councillor Dan Levy, Cabinet Member for Finance, Property and Transformation presented the report.

Members noted that total capital expenditure amounted to £231.3 million, with variations arising from the reprofiling of major programmes into future years.

Cabinet highlighted the positive impact of capital investment on communities, including the delivery of new school places, improvements to transport infrastructure and progress on major schemes.

Councillor Levy moved and Councillor Leffman seconded the recommendations and they were approved.

RESSOLVED to:

a)    Note performance against the Capital Programme for 2025/26.

b)    Note the Capital Programme Provisional Outturn Summary for 2025/26

Annex 1a: Strategy Programmes Expenditure

Annex 1b: Capital Financing

Annex 1c: Strategy / Programme Level Reporting during the year