Capital Finance Working Group (CFWG)

The Capital Finance Working Group (CFWG) is a joint COSLA/Scottish Government working group, including representatives from CIPFA and Audit Scotland, which acts as the main forum for discussion of local government capital finance issues and policy.

Agendas, papers and minutes from the meetings of the Capital Finance Working Group can be accessed through the links in the table below:

Date of Meeting
30 August 2005	Agenda	Paper 1 - Draft protocol for managing of a potential National Limit Paper 2 - First quarter capital expenditure forecasts - provisional results	Minutes
3 March 2006	Agenda	Paper 3 - Matters arising from meeting of CFWG on 30 August 2005 Paper 4 - Capital expenditure repoprts to HM Treasury Paper 5 - Emerging issues from first year of the Prudential System	Minutes*
10 January 2007	Agenda	Paper 6 - Accounting treatment of Local Authority Grants to Third Parties for Capital Expenditure Paper 7 - National Limit on Borrowing	Minutes
13 August 2007	Agenda	Paper 8 - Update on Business Discussed at Meeting on 10 January 2007 Paper 9 - National Limit Paper 10 - Borrowing: periods for the repayment of loans fund advances	Minutes
27 February 2008	Agenda	Paper 11 - Borrowing periods for the repayment of loans fund advances Paper 12 - Contracting out of investment functions Paper 13 - Finance Circular No 23/1998	Minutes
6 August 2008	Agenda	Paper 14 - Borrowing periods for the repayment of loans fund advances Paper 15 - Statistics note - 2007-08	Minutes
25 February 2009	Agenda	Paper 16 - Forecast and Actual Capital Expenditure 2007-08 and 2008-09 Paper 17 - Changes to the "Consent to Borrow for Grants to Community Groups to Finance Capital Expenditure" Scheme Paper 17 annex A - Draft Finance Circular - "Consent to Borrow for Grants to Community Groups to Finance Capital Expenditure" Scheme	Minutes
29 April 2009	Agenda	Paper 18 - Local Authority Provision of Mortgages to Home Buyers Paper 19 - Revenue Expenditure Funded from Capital Resources Under Statute	Minutes
26 August 2009	Agenda	Paper 20 - Reporting Capital Expenditure - The Structure and Coverage of the Capital Return Paper 21 - Scottish Local Authority Capital Expenditure 2007-08 - Draft Report Paper 22 - Operation of the Prudential Regime Paper 23 - Review of 2008-09 Capital Returns	Draft Minutes

* No minutes available. Scheduled meeting on 3 March 2006 did not take place due to lack of substantive items for discussion. Papers circulated for information only.

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