§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 12 January 1998,Official Report, column 109, on PFI schemes, what is the capital cost of each scheme; and what agreements for payment have been entered into by each procuring agency. [23493]
§ Mr. DewarThe capital value of each project is set out in the table. Payment arrangements vary from project to project. The service payment made in each of the Health PFI deals is a unitary payment based on the availability of the facility (or the acceptance of the IT modules) and the performance of the service. Payments would therefore be reduced if part of the facility (e.g. a ward or an operating theatre) were unavailable for any reason, or if the level of service were to fall below the minimum level stated in the contract.
For the Stirling Further Education Centre, Falkirk College will pay a monthly charge for occupying a fully serviced and maintained facility, the charge being subject to adjustment based on performance by the operator. The College has an option to reduce the space that they occupy with a consequent adjustment in their payments.
Payment arrangements for the M6 DBFO are based on a shadow toll structure under which payments to the operator will be related to the volume of traffic using the road over the project period. Provisions are in place to reduce payments in relation to the economic cost of delays and disruption associated with the operation and maintenance of the road.
174WFor HM Prison Kilmarnock, the prison operator will be paid on the basis of the number of available prisoner places. Payments are subject to deductions for failure to meet agreed levels of performance.
The tariff payment arrangements for the Inverness main drainage and Fort William sewage treatment scheme are based on a banded payment structure which relates payment to the quantity of effluent passed into the sewage works for treatment. The PFI concessionaire will also receive payment for the treatment of additional sewage sludge imported by the water authority.
Revenue to the joint venture consortium for the Baldovie waste to energy plant project will be based on volume based payments for the waste treated and the value of electricity sales. Further details can be obtained from Dundee City Council.
PFI projects in Scotland Procuring agency Project description Capital value £millon (a) construction/work underway Law Hospital NHS Trust Provision and operation of a hospital information system 2.5 Grampian Health Board Provision and operation of a community hospital in Kincardineshire (Stonehaven) 3.8 Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust Provision and operation of an integrated healthcare information system 2.3 Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust Provision of elderly care beds, Mearnskirk Hospital 2.4 Falkirk College Stirling Further Education Center 3.6 M6 DBFO Upgrading and maintenance of A74(M) (M6) between Millbank and Border 160.0 Scottish Prison Service Bowhouse Prison, Kilmarnock 32.0 (b) legal and financial work completed but construction yet to commence North of Scotland Water Authority Inverness main drainage and Fort William sewage treatment 45.0 Dundee City Council Baldovie waste to energy plant 43.0