§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 14 November,Official Report, column 337, what information is collected centrally on commitments entered into by NHS trusts arising from private finance initiative projects; and to what extent this information includes data on long-term revenue commitments arising from such projects. [5090]
§ Mr. HoramInformation including trust name, scheme description, capital value of scheme and status of the project is collected centrally on private finance initiative projects with a capital value of £1 million or over that have been approved since November 1992. Estimates on long-term revenue commitments arising from the private finance initiative for each individual trust are not collected centrally.