Private Finance Initiative

HL Deb 08 January 2002 vol 630 c102WA

Baroness Hooper

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have commissioned research into the use made of the private finance initiative by central and local government; and, if so, when results of any such research will be published. [HL2162]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The Government keep the implementation of PFI under constant review, drawing on relevant information from a number of sources, including the work of the Public Accounts Committee, National Audit Office, Office of Government Commerce and Partnerships UK. Research is commissioned from time to time into various topics relevant to PFI. Where appropriate, as in the case of the two reports by Sir Malcolm Bates and the Arthur Andersen/LSE Report on Value for Money Drivers in PFI Projects, these are placed in the Library of the House and made available on the OGC website.