HC Deb 14 January 1999 vol 323 cc262-3W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list his Department's approved PFI projects together with the relevant local education authorities and the amount of finance involved in each case. [65112]

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 11 January 1999]: The schools PH projects that have been approved so far by the Department and the Treasury chaired Project Review Group are as follows: Individual School Projects and Local Education Authority

  • Colfox Secondary School; Dorset
  • new secondary school; Enfield
  • new secondary school; Essex
  • new secondary school; Hillingdon
  • Victoria Dock Primary School; Kingston upon Hull
  • Swanscombe Secondary School; Kent
  • Lillian Bayliss Secondary School; Lambeth
  • Fleetwood High School; Lancashire
  • Speke Forward Learning Centre; Liverpool
  • Cardinal Heenan Secondary School; Leeds
  • Temple Primary School; Manchester
  • new secondary school; Portsmouth
  • Mulberry School; Tower Hamlets
  • new secondary school; Waltham Forest
  • Pimlico School; Westminster
Grouped Schools Projects (Repair/Rebuild/Refurbishment schemes) and Local Education Authorities
  • 10 schools; Birmingham
  • 36 schools; Cornwall
  • 6 schools; East Riding of Yorkshire
  • 5 schools; East Sussex
  • 10 schools; Haringey
  • 7 schools; Leeds
  • 4 schools; North Yorkshire
  • 6 schools; Nottinghamshire
  • 6 schools; Sheffield
  • 2 schools; Staffordshire
  • 126 schools; Stoke on Trent
  • schools rationalisation scheme; Tameside
  • 2 schools; Torbay
  • 47 schools; Tower Hamlets
  • 3 schools; Wiltshire
  • 9 schools; Wirral
  • 104 schools (Information Technology project); Dudley
  • 90 schools (catering project); Lewisham.

The majority of these projects are currently in, or about to enter, contractual negotiations with potential private sector partners. It would not, therefore, be appropriate at this stage to release details of the funding for individual projects. Individual local education authorities, however, may be prepared to release details of the funding that has been approved. The overall total funding to be provided by central Government through PFI credits for all of the above projects is £705 million. Three projects have completed negotiations and have signed contracts. PFI credits have been approved for these projects as follows:

  • Colfox Secondary School; Dorset—£15 million;
  • new secondary school; Hillingdon—£19 million; and
  • Victoria Dock Primary School; Kingston upon Hull—£2 million