HC Deb 18 March 2004 vol 419 cc504-5W
Mr. Colman

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) solely state-financed and (b) public-private partnership and private finance initiative projects for which her Department is responsible have been launched in each region in each of the last 10 years. [160959]

Ms Hewitt

My hon. Friend has not specified what he means by "projects" and my answer has been prepared on the basis that he is referring to construction, refurbishment or infrastructure projects in relation to central departmental administration. The following table sets out the information requested.

Year started Projects1 Status Region
1994–95 1 Private finance L&SE
1997–98 1 State financed L&SE
1998–99 1 PFI L&SE
1998–99 1 State financed L&SE
1998–99 1 State financed L&SE
2001–02 2 State financed L&SE
1 Above £2 million capital value.

Mr. Colman

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent by(a) the Government on solely state-financed projects and (b) the (i) Government and (ii) private sector on public-private and private finance initiative projects for which her Department is responsible in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region. [160960]

Ms Hewitt

My hon. Friend has not specified what he means by "projects" and my answer has been prepared on the basis that he is referring to construction, refurbishment or infrastructure projects in relation to central departmental administration. The following table sets out the information as requested.

£ million
Status
PFI/PPP
Region—L&SE Private Public Solely state financed
1994–95 65
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98 4.6
1998–99 21.4 8.8 0.7
1999–2000 35.4 0.3 4.2
2000–01 12.1 0.2 1.2
2001–02 6.5 0.7 2.8
2002–03 3.7 0.1 0.6
2003–04 0.3 0.2 0.4