To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) aggregate gross value of the total expected cash payments under all current and approved future private finance initiative contracts and (b) estimated current capital value of all existing and future private finance initiative contracts is. (154285)

The information requested is as follows:

(a) Projections of future cash payments under the private finance initiative were provided in Budget 2007 at table C19. This can be found on the HM Treasury website at the following address:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/3/2/bud07_c19.pdf

(b) The estimated capital value of signed PFI contracts can be found on the HM Treasury public website:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/public_private_partnerships/ppp_PFI_stats.cfm

The latest estimate of the capital value of unsigned PFI contracts at the preferred bidder stage can be found in table C18 of Budget 2007:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/C/8/bud07_chapterc_288.pdf