Unspent/unexpended S106 monies - Find a freedom of information request

Relating to unspent/unexpended S106 monies, as various articles have been published in various newspapers and trade magazines over the last 7-10 years.

Under the current structure, after 5-10 years, unspent/unexpended monies has to be returned to the party that paid (in most cases) and if councils are faced with this, intended plans don't happen and worthy causes fail. But, it does avoid the money falling into a black hole where the money can not be used by the council.

1. How much money is sat in this black hole, one where the council can't use it but the developer doesn't know it's there?

Imagine if the unspent/unexpended money was defined and returned to the developer/person that paid and that the receiving party made a contribution back to the council, towards solving the issue of homelessness within the borough?

2. Do you have an excel sheet of unexpended/unused/unspent s106 contributions as the particular clawback of 5/7/10 years has expired?

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. £270,997.39

2. Yes, we have a number of excel sheets which record unexpended/unused/unspent s106 contributions