Annual Review 2007/2008

Provisions for liabilities

 Dilapidations
£m
 Restructuring
£m
 Other
£m
 Total
£m
 
At 1 April 20073.5 3.6 0.5 7.6 
Utilised during the year- (2.5)- (2.5)
Released during the year- (0.4)(0.5)(0.9)
Unwinding of discount0.1 - - 0.1 
Charge for the year- 4.9 0.2 5.1 
At 31 March 20083.6 5.6 0.2 9.4 

The dilapidations provision represents a liability to restore Bush House to its original condition on the future move of BBC World Service to Broadcasting House in London W1. A discount was applied to the dilapidations provision to reflect the time value of money over the remainder of the lease.The impact on the current year Income and Expenditure account is a charge of £0.1 million, due to the discount unwinding over the period of the lease.

Restructuring provisions utilised during the year include £1.2 million of exceptional provisions made in prior years relating to restructuring at BBC World Service.There were no new exceptional items in 2007/08.