§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what restrictions will be placed on consortiums involved in NHS PFI schemes in respect of selling or permitting the takeover of their PFI contracts with NHS bodies. [6553]
§ Mr. MilburnWe are currently considering the future shape of Private Finance Initiative in the National Health Service. Current guidance published jointly by the Private Finance Panel and Her Majesty's Treasury ("Transferability of Equity" (1996)) advises that the public sector should not seek to restrict the private sector's freedom to transfer its investments unless there are exceptional reasons arising from the special nature of a project.
§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those hospital projects currently under consideration as PFI projects and what stage in the PFI process each had reached at 1 May. [6792]
§ Mr. MilburnInformation on the stages reached in Private Finance Initiative projects is held centrally only for new hospital schemes which have reached preferred bidder stage, and for all PFI schemes with a capital value of £1 million or over which have had their Full Business Case approved. Information on the status of these schemes as of 1 May 1997 have been placed in the Library.