5. Non-recurring Items

For the period53 weeks to
3 April
2015
£m		52 weeks to
28 March
2014
£m
Non-recurring operating expenses:
Lease guarantee provision (a)(0.2)(0.2)
Onerous lease provision (b)(0.2)—
Impairment of Property, Plant and Equipment (c)0.70.4
Non-recurring items before tax0.30.2
Tax on non-recurring items (d)0.10.1
Non-recurring items after tax0.40.3
  1. A non-recurring expense of £7.5m was incurred in 2011. This expense related to the creation of a provision for the potential liabilities arising from lease guarantees provided by Halfords prior to July 1989. The guarantees were provided to landlords of properties leased by Payless DIY (now part of Focus DIY) when both Halfords and Payless DIY were under ownership of the Ward White Group. Focus DIY entered into administration in May 2011. In the current year the continued settlement of the Group's guarantor obligations has resulted in a release of £0.2m (2014: £0.2m) of the original amounts provided. There is now no outstanding provision in relation to this issue.
  2. A charge was incurred in prior periods relating to stores where the present value of expected future cash flows was deemed to be insufficient to cover the lower of cost of exit or value in use. During the current year a release of £0.2m occurred following the finalisation of an exit agreement for the Wembley store.
  3. Impairment charge in respect of property, plant and equipment, in respect of the Stores Fit To Shop initiative, where the carrying amount of these assets has been deemed to exceed the recoverable amount.
  4. The tax charge of £0.1m represents a tax rate of 21% applied to non-recurring items after adjusting for the non-deductibility of the asset impairment charge and settlements to release Halfords from its guarantor obligations under the leases. The prior period represents a tax charge at 23% on all current year non-recurring items adjusted for the non-deductibility of the asset impairment charge and settlements to release Halfords from its guarantor obligations under the leases.