Capital and assets pathfinder programme

The Department has been working closely with 11 pathfinder areas (Cambridgeshire, Durham, Hackney, Hampshire, Hull, Leeds, Leicester/Leicestershire, Solihull, Swindon, Wigan and Worcestershire) to better use the land and buildings that the public sector own in those areas to improve services and generate savings. Areas demonstrated a possible reduction in floorspace of between 10 and 29 per cent.

For more information on what local areas have been able to achieve see local initiatives.

The approach involves organisations being clear about the demands customers place on services, the buildings they and their public sector partners own (preferably on a map showing their location) and the funding streams available to a local area.

Video

Why are people talking about Capital and Asset Pathfinders? Take a few minutes to hear how you can save money and transform local services.

A transcript of the video is available to download below.

Resources

Additional help on customer demand including case study examples, analytical tools and techniques, and learning from the private sector can be found in the Customer Demand Workstream report below.

To help areas map their funding streams enabling them to join up across funding streams and bring together services in a place. We have developed the capital template below.

The asset template below contains the key information about the assets which is sufficient to start the process. Additional data can then be collected where it is necessary to develop a business case.

Further information about how government intends to improve co-operation across the public sector can be found in the Position Statement.