Schools: Private Finance Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average length of a school Private Finance Initiative contract was in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (258956)

The average length of a school private finance initiative contract in each year since 2001 is given in the following table:

	Average length of contract of school PFI contract (years)
2001	25
2002	26
2003	25
2004	25
2005	26
2006	27
2007	25
2008	25
2009 (to date)	25

Volume 488: debated on Tuesday 3 March 2009