§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the capital projects being undertaken by NHS trusts under the PFI and their value; and if he will make a statement. [1497]
§ Mr. MilburnThe information requested has been placed in the Library.
This information is presented in the form of two tables. The first table (Table 1) lists all National Health Service trusts with capital projects which have been approved to test for the Private Finance Initiative following the approval of an Outline Business Case (OBC) but have not yet had the final PFI proposal approved in a Full Business Case (FBC).
The second table (Table 2) lists all those NHS trusts which have had their PFI proposal approved in the Full Business Case and are at the stages between FBC approval and completion of the project (the list includes PFI capital projects which have been completed and are fully operational).
Both tables include only PFI projects with a capital value of £1 million or over. Information on projects with a capital value of below £1 million is not held centrally.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 22 May,Official Report, column 176, on the Private Finance Initiative (1) how many merchant banks attended the meetings between the Minister of State and the principal financiers; [1936]
(2) how many merchant banks contacted his Department between 2 May and 20 May, apart from those which took part in the meetings between the Minister of State and the principal financiers; [1934]
(3) if the meetings between the Minister of State and the principal financiers were held at the request of his Department. [1937]
§ Mr. MilburnThe meeting between the principal financiers involved in the Private Finance Initiative schemes at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust and me and officials from the Department of Health was held at my request on 15 May. The financiers who attended the300W meeting were representatives from United Bank of Kuwait, Rabobank, BZW, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Innisfree, ABN Amro, and Midland Bank.
Officials from the Department of Health speak on a regular basis to many potential financiers interested in PFI projects.