HC Deb 15 March 1999 vol 327 cc543-4W
Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those firms that have bid for private finance initiative deals in Wales; which of these bids were successful; and to what the bids related. [76923]

Mr. Hain

The Department does not hold information, other than for its own Private Finance Initiative (PH) projects, on firms that bid for PFI deals in Wales. The Department does hold information on PFI deals once they have been signed, and this information can be summarised as follows:

Project Successful bidder
Welsh Office IT Network Siemens Business Systems1
Welsh Office A55 (Anglesey) UK Highways (Tarmac, Laing and Hyder)2
Community Hospital at Chepstow Consortium led by King Sturge and Co.
Staff Residential Accommodation at the new Royal Glamorgan Hospital Charter Housing
Day Surgery/Endoscopy Unit at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny Chiltern Securities

Project Successful bidder
Sterile Services Unit at the University Hospital of Wales Sterile Services International
Main Entrance and Concourse at the University Hospital of Wales Healthgate Ltd. (formerly Rockeagle (Health) Ltd.)
Car Parking Facilities at the University Hospital of Wales Britannia Impregilo/APCOA
Other bidders were:
1 ICL
2 Autolink, Road Management Group and Connect