HC Deb 10 March 1999 vol 327 cc298-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each of the completed Private Finance Initiative projects worth over £1 million,(a) how long the delay was for those not completed on time, (b) the extent of any revisions to the contractual payments, and (c) how long any disputes about the quality of the work took to resolve. [75742]

Mr. Denham

No private finance initiative scheme with a capital value of greater than £10 million has yet been completed. Details of individual schemes with a capital cost of less than £10 million are not held centrally.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by region the number, individual value and total value of Private Finance Initiative bids worth less than £1million in each of the last five years. [75778]

Mr. Denham

Details on individual schemes with a capital cost of less than £10 million are not held centrally.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list all the projects milestones for each of the major acute sector hospital PFI schemes selected to continue towards financial close under the first prioritisation exercise, as agreed at the point of signature, indicating for each(a) in what respects any of these milestones have not been met, (b) the steps he is taking to remedy this, and (c) the assessment he has made of whether the completion dates for each of these projects will be met. [75776]

Mr. Denham

Of the 15 major private finance initiative schemes selected to proceed under the first prioritisation exercise, 10 have reached financial close and have signed contracts with a private sector partner. The remaining project milestone for these schemes is the completion date (when construction is completed and the facility is fully operational). These are:

Scheme Completion due
Bromley November 2002
Calderdale May 2001
Carlisle May 2000
Dartford and Gravesham September 2000
Greenwich May 2001
Norfolk and Norwich January 2002
North Durham November 2001
South Buckinghamshire:
—Wycombe site January 2000
—Amersham site August 2000
Wellhouse April 2002
South Manchester February 2001

All the schemes in the table are on target to achieve their due completion date and we are not aware of any that have failed to meet significant internal project milestones.