HC Deb 16 April 2002 vol 383 cc852-4W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Stockport IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49498]

Dawn Primarolo

The estimate of the total savings to public funds of the Stockport IR Office Private Finance Initiative is £0.2 million Net Present Costs by comparison with the Public Sector Comparator.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the National Insurance Recording Systems for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49502]

Dawn Primarolo

The potential savings identified, at the business case stage, of a PFI approach over a traditional procurement for NIRS2, were estimated at £101.7 million. The calculations were based on the traditional procurement approach in place in the Department of Social Security at the time the contract was awarded in April 1995.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Edinburgh IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49501]

Dawn Primarolo

The estimate of the total savings to public funds of the Edinburgh IR Office Private Finance Initiative is £0.5 million Net Present Costs by comparison with the Public Sector Comparator.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Bootle St. John's House (IR) for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49497]

Dawn Primarolo

The estimate of the total savings to public funds of the Bootle IR Office Private Finance Initiative is £1.7 million Net Present Costs by comparison with the Public Sector Comparator.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the CCTA Metropolitan Telecoms Service by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49665]

Mr. Andrew Smith

The MTS PFI contract was awarded in November 1996 for a 10-year period. At the time of contract award, a detailed comparison of the PFI bid was carried out against a public sector delivery option. That comparison suggested little difference in the overall cost of the two approaches, but the PFI option was chosen as providing greater flexibility and better risk management. This has been borne out in practice as the range of services and number of users has increased over the life of the contract to date.

Since 1996 the unit costs of service provision through the contract, as with all telecommunications costs, have fallen in comparison with those modelled in the Public Sector Comparator. However the costs in the PSC have not themselves been updated so that a meaningful comparison is not possible.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Glasgow IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49500]

Dawn Primarolo

The estimate of the total savings to public funds of the Glasgow IR Office Private Finance Initiative is £1.3 million Net Present Costs by comparison with the Public Sector Comparator

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Newcastle Estate Development Scheme for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49496]

Dawn Primarolo

No public sector comparator was undertaken for this project. Assurance that the Department was achieving value for money was obtained through a competitive tender process. The decision not to undertake a full Public Sector Comparator was consistent with Treasury guidance at that time.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Manchester IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49499]

Dawn Primarolo

The estimate of the total savings to public funds of the Manchester IR Office Private Finance Initiative is £0.7 million Net Present Costs by comparison with the Public Sector Comparator.