§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Ms Anderson) of 30 April,Official Report, column 444 on revenue spending under the private finance initiative, if he will reconcile the figures in that answer with those for spending on design, build, finance and operate road schemes in his Department's transport report 1996, Cm. 3206; and if he will provide a breakdown of these figures for each year for 1995–96 to 1997–98. [29220]
§ Mr. WattsThe figures given in my answer of 30 April to the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Ms Anderson) were current estimates of the revenue 397W spend by my Department on all private finance initiative projects, not design, build, finance and operate road schemes alone.