HC Deb 06 March 1997 vol 291 cc710-1W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a breakdown by project of PFI schemes for which his Department is responsible as identified in table 5.5 of the Red Book. [18927]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The figures in table 5.5 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" represent my Department's estimates of capital spending by the private sector under private finance initiative projects that had been agreed by October 1996. The projects include:

  • White vehicles in Germany
  • Army logistic information systems agency
  • RAF white vehicles
  • Training administration and financial management information systems
  • Naval recruiting and training agency
  • HMS Nelson facilities management
  • Mechanical handling equipment vehicles.

For reasons of commercial confidentiality, it would be inappropriate to reveal details of these estimates against individual projects. I am, therefore, withholding this information under exemption 13 of the code of practice on access to Government information.