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Private Finance Initiative

Volume 459: debated on Thursday 26 April 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what commission and consultancy fees have been paid to private finance initiative advisers since 1997. (133557)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals enabling the National Audit Office to examine the books of private finance initiative providers. (133587)

In 2006 the Government introduced provisions giving the National Audit Office the right to examine all such documentation as it may reasonably require from the companies involved in PFI contracts as set out in paragraphs 26.7.1 and 26.9.3 of the Standardisation of PFI Contacts (Version 4).