Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Local and Regional Government Research Unit

Capital Finance Research


Implementation of Asset Management Plans and Corporate Capital Strategies: Baseline Report

The Development and Implementation of Corporate Capital Strategies and Asset Management Plans - Report pdf(253kb), Annexes(A&B)pdf(160kb)and Executive Summary(60kb)

Evaluation of the Capital Challenge Pilot Scheme - pdf(72kb)

Case study reports and reports on the Government Office visits which informed the Evaluation of the Capital Challenge Pilot Scheme are also available.

Measure of Relative Need for Capital Expenditure - published December 1999

Measuring Performance in the Management of Local Authority Property - published October 1999

Challenges to Local Authority Accounts - published October 1997

Evaluation of the Experience of Authorities during the Capital Challenge Pilot Scheme Bidding Round - published July 1997

A Prudential Framework for Repaying Debt and Providing for the Replacement of Assets. PricewaterhouseCoopers, DTLR, 1999. (Full report 3 and summary 2 available)

Prudential Indicators. PricewaterhouseCoopers, DTLR, 1999. (Full report 3 and summary 2 available)

Banks’ Attitudes to Local Authorities: A Business Survey. FB Consultancy, DTLR/British Bankers’ Association, 1998 (ISBN 1 874185 11 5). (Full report 4 available).

Local Authorities Attitudes to Private Sector Funding. FB Consultancy, LGMB/DTLR, 1998 (ISBN 0 7488 9331 8). (Full report 5 available).

Evaluation of the Experience of Authorities during the Capital Challenge Pilot Scheme Bidding Round. York Consulting Ltd, DTLR, 1997. (Full report 3 and summary 2 available)


2 These DTLR publications and research summaries are available from:
Local and Regional Government Research Unit
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
5/D5 Eland House
Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DU.

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3 These DTLR publications are available from:
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Publication Sales Centre
Unit 21, Goldthorpe Industrial Estate
Goldthorpe
Rotherham S63 9BL

Telephone: 01709 891318
Fax: 01709 881673

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4 This publication is available from:
British Bankers’ Association
Publications Department
Pinners Hall, 105-108 Old Broad Street
London EC2N 1EX

Telephone: 020 7216 8800
Fax: 020 7216 8811

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5 Publications available from:
Improvement and Development Agency
Layden House
76-86 Turnmill Street
London EC1M 5QU

Telephone: 020 7296 6600

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