To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement. (267413)

The Department occupies a single office building in Cambridge under a leasing agreement which operates under a private finance initiative structure.

The Department has retained the freehold ownership of the land, granted a long lease to the provider and taken an operating lease of the office building which is shared with other public sector occupiers.

The current operator is Eastbrook Facilities Ltd., a subsidiary of Infrastructure Managers Ltd.