HC Deb 06 July 2000 vol 353 c291W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the PFI contracts entered into by his Department indicating(a) their dates of commencement, (b) their value, (c) if they have been subject to refinancing and (d) if his Department has a claw-back entitlement to share in the savings arising from refinancing. [129054]

Jane Kennedy

The Lord Chancellor's Department has signed the following PFI contracts:

  1. 1. LOCCS (Courts computer system):
    1. (a) commenced October 1996;
    2. (b) capital value £14m;
    3. (c) no;
    4. (d) no.
  2. 2. ARAMIS (A Resource Accounting and Management Information System):
    1. (a) commenced December 1997;
    2. (b) capital value £39.52m;
    3. (c) no;
    4. (d) no.
  3. 3. Libra (Magistrates' courts IT system):
    1. (a) commenced December 1998;
    2. (b) capital value £75m;
    3. (c) no;
    4. (d) yes.
  4. 4. Probate Records Centre (New facility for holding and issuing probate records):
    1. (a) commenced July 1999;
    2. (b) capital value £10.89m;
    3. (c) no;
    4. (d) yes.

In addition, the Lord Chancellor's Department supports the following magistrates' courthouse PFI projects which have been signed by local authorities:

  1. 1. Hereford and Worcester Magistrates' Courts:
    1. (a) commenced February 2000;
    2. (b) capital value £21m;
    3. (c) no.
    4. (d) no.
  2. 2. Humberside Magistrates' Courts:
    1. (a) commenced March 2000;
    2. (b) capital value £22m;
    3. (c) no;
    4. (d) yes.