§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private management contracts have been awarded within the NHS since May 1997; and if he will list the value of the contracts by NHS region. [118862]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 20 April 2000]The information requested is shown in the table. It relates to schemes approved since May 1997 under the private finance initiative which have reached financial close with capital values over £1 million.
Region Number of schemes reached financial close Capital value (£ million) Northern and Yorkshire 12 416.54 Trent 7 29.25 Eastern 2 167.90 London 9 405.40 South East 9 182.24 South West 6 117.81 West Midlands 5 181.10 North West 5 89.20 Total 55 1,589.44