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Housing: Private Finance Initiative

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list each housing private finance initiative scheme, by local authority, that her Department and its predecessors have approved since May 1997. (152386)

The Housing Private Finance Initiative schemes approved by the Department since May 1997 are listed by local authority in the following table:

Local authority

Project name

Status

Ashford Borough Council

Stanhope Estate1

Signed 2007-08

Cheshire County Council

Extra Care Housing Project

In procurement

Coventry City Council

New Homes for Old

Signed 2005-06

Derby City Council

Inner City Regeneration Round 3 Additional Social Rented Scheme

Signed 2000-01 in procurement

Kent County Council

Better Homes Active Lives

In procurement

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Excellent Homes for Life1

In procurement

Leeds City Council

Swarcliffe Independent Living1Little London1

Signed 2004-05 in procurement In procurement

London Borough of Brent

Social Housing and Adult Care

In procurement

London Borough of Camden

Chalcots1

Signed 2006-07

London Borough of Croydon

New for Old

Signed 2005-06

London Borough of Hammersmith And Fulham

Homes for Older People

Signed 2003-04

London Borough of Islington

Islington Street Properties 11Islington Street Properties 21

Signed 2002-03 Signed 2006-07

London Borough of Lambeth

Myatts Field1

In procurement

London Borough of Lewisham

Brockley1

Signed 2007-08

London Borough of Newham

Canning Town1 Forest Gate1

Signed 2005-06 In procurement

Manchester City Council

Ardwick-Plymouth Grove1Brunswick Miles Platting1

Signed 2002-03 in procurement Signed 2006-07

North East Derbyshire District Council

Holmewood

Signed 1998-99

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Sheltered Housing Gateways to Oldham1

Signed 2006-07 in procurement

Reading Borough Council

North Whitley1

Signed 2003-04

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Hawthorns Fields1

Signed 2005-06

Selby District Council

Non-HRA PFI Project One

Signed 2003-04

Warrington Borough Council

Anson and Blenheim

Phase 1 Signed 2004-05 Phase 2 Signed 2006-07

West Wiltshire District Council

Round 3 Additional Social Rented Scheme

In procurement

1 Indicates schemes in the Department's Decent Homes/Mixed Communities PFI Programme.

Decent Homes/Mixed Communities PFI schemes

refurbishment and/or reprovision of existing council stock, including elements of regeneration; properties remain in council ownership and tenants remain tenants of the local authority; and

Additional social rented housing PFI schemes

new build units or the acquisition and refurbishment of non-decent private sector dwellings. In these schemes, the new housing is owned by the PFI contractor (usually a registered social landlord, RSL) not the council.

A further seven schemes are developing outline business cases. If these are approved, they will enter the procurement stage. The local authorities developing outline business cases are as follows:

Guildford borough council—Additional Social Rented scheme

London borough of Lewisham—Chrysalis — Decent Homes scheme

Manchester city council—Collyhurst—Decent Homes scheme

Medway council—Shaws Wood and Woodlands Care Courts—Additional Social Rented scheme

North Tyneside council—Homes for the Future—Decent Homes scheme

Salford city council—Creating a New Pendleton—Decent Homes scheme

Woking borough council—Additional Social Rented scheme.

In addition, there are also two combined heating and power schemes which have been funded through the programme in Manchester city council and London borough of Tower Hamlets.