HC Deb 10 July 1997 vol 297 c607W
35. Mr. Timms

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the new PFI Taskforce will start its work. [6213]

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson

The Government is creating a new Treasury Private Finance Taskforce, combining project and policy expertise. The Private Finance Panel has been stood down and its Executive is to be disbanded by September. We are currently in the process of appointing a Chief Executive, along with six to eight supporting executives, on the project side of the Taskforce. The policy side has begun its work already.