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Departments: Private Finance Initiative

Volume 460: debated on Friday 18 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total value of private finance initiative projects included in her Department's balance sheet (a) is in 2007 and (b) was in each of the last five years, broken down by project. (137812)

My Department does not have any private finance initiative projects included on its balance sheet for 2007 or for any of the five years preceding this.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value was of annual private finance initiative payments made by her Department from (a) capital and (b) revenue budgets in each of the last five years. (137813)

My Department has made no private finance initiative payments from either its capital or its revenue budget in the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what value of annual private finance initiative payments by her Department was classified as (a) identifiable and (b) non-identifiable in each of the last five years, broken down by project. (137814)

My Department has made no private finance initiative payments in any of the last five years.

All payments made under PFI are identifiable. Prior to a PFI contract being signed the profile of unitary charge payments is agreed between the contractor and the public sector, subject to the operation of the payment mechanism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what value of annual private finance initiative (PFI) payments was (a) to repay capital and (b) expenditure on other parts of each PFI contract in each of the last five years, broken down by project. (137815)

My Department has made no annual private finance initiative payments in any of the last five years.