§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) of 6 March,Official Report, column 720, if he will provide figures for his Department's PFI projects in the same form as used by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in his answer to the hon. Member for Darlington of 6 March, Official Report, columns 692–93. [20390]
§ Mr. BurtInformation on the Department of Social Security's private finance initiative projects is not available in the format requested. Disaggregating the figures quoted in table 5.5 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" into individual, identifiable projects at this stage would involve publishing commercially confidential material, harm the competitive position of a third party and prejudice the Department's position in on-going and future project negotiations.