§ Mr. DobbinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what progress has been made with PFI projects in local government: and if he will list those projects endorsed so far. [120844]
§ Ms Beverley HughesA total of 126 projects across the country have been endorsed from 86 local authorities. Of these, 38 have reached contract signature and another 88 are rapidly progressing towards that stage. These projects are already bringing real improvements to the quality of life in local communities. A full list of the schemes endorsed is as follows. The list is updated regularly and is available on the DETR website http://www.local.detr.gov.uk/pfi.
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Depot and Vehicle Services
- Islington—signed
- Lambeth—signed
Information Communication
- Chelmsford: "Chelmsford Direct"
Information Technology
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- Croydon: "Delivering Customer Focus"
- Daventry
- Derby—signed
- Harrow—signed
- Kent—signed
- Norwich: "Connect" electronic network
Housing
- Camden: HRA Pathfinder, modernisation of tower blocks
- Derby: social housing
- Islington: HRA Pathfinder, refurbishment and modernisation of mainly Victorian street properties
- Leeds: HRA Pathfinder, Swarcliffe Estate
- Manchester: HRA Pathfinder, Plymouth Grove/Stockport Road Estate
- Manchester: energy services—signed
- Newham: HRA Pathfinder, Canning Town
- North East Derbyshire: HRA Pathfinder, South East Coalfield Area
- North East Derbyshire: social housing—signed
- Reading: HRA Pathfinder, North Whitley
- Sandwell: HRA Pathfinder, Wednesbury South
- Tower Hamlets: energy services—signed
Leisure
- Sefton: Crosby leisure centre
- Uttlesford: "Sports and Leisure Facilities" two new sports and leisure centres
Property
- Bournemouth: library
- Brighton: library
- Copeland: office rationalisation
- Hackney: technology learning centre—signed
- Norfolk: salt barns—signed
- North Wiltshire: property rationalisation—signed
- Redcar and Cleveland: office accommodation
- Sheffield: "Heart of the City" offices—signed
- Shrewsbury and Atcham: office rationalisation
- Trafford: Sale new civic centre office accommodation
Transport and Street Lighting
- Brent: street lighting—signed
- Doncaster: bus station—signed
- Essex: A130 road—signed
- Nottinghamshire: Nottingham Express Transit light rail scheme—signed
- Staffordshire: street lighting
- Walsall: street lighting
Waste Management
- East London Waste Authority
- East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Waste Partnership
- Hereford, Worcester—signed
- Isle of Wight—signed
- Kirklees—signed
- South Gloucestershire
- Surrey—signed
Department for Education and Employment
Individual schools
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- Brent: relocation of Jews Free School
- Dorset: Colfox School replacement secondary school—signed
- Enfield: new secondary school—signed
- Essex: new secondary school
- Hillingdon: new secondary school—signed
- Kingston upon Hull: Victoria Dock, new primary school—signed
- Kent: Swanscombe
- Lambeth: replacement secondary school as part of Project Vauxhall
- Leeds: Cardinal Heenan, replacement secondary school—signed
- Lancashire: Fleetwood High School, replacement/refurbishment
- Liverpool: Speke/Garston Partnership
- Manchester: Temple, replacement primary school
- Portsmouth: new secondary school—signed
- Redbridge: Barley Mow School, new school
- Tower Hamlets: Mulberry School, replacement secondary school
- Walsall: replacement of St. Thomas Moore secondary school
- Waltham Forest: new secondary school
- Westminster: Pimlico School, replacement secondary school
Grouped schools
- Birmingham: replacement of 10 schools
- Brent: 32 schools
- Cornwall: 36 schools joint venture
- East Riding: six schools
- East Sussex: five schools
- Haringey: 10 secondary schools
- Kirklees: 20 schools
- Leeds: seven schools
- Liverpool: 32 schools
- Newham: two new primary schools and one new secondary school
- North Yorkshire: four primary schools
- Nottinghamshire: group of six schools
- Richmond: expansion and refurbishment of two primary schools and three new primary schools
- Sandwell: five primary schools
- Sheffield: six schools
- Southampton: expansion, refurbishment and replacement of three secondary schools
- Staffordshire: two schools
- Stoke on Trent: 126 schools
- Tameside: schools rationalisation
- Torbay: two schools
- Tower Hamlets: 47 schools
- Wiltshire: three schools
- Wirral: nine schools
Other
- Dudley: 104 schools Information and Communication
- Technology—signed
- Lewisham: 90 schools catering—signed
Department of Health
Residential Homes
- Enfield: building and running of three new resource centres
- Greenwich: elderly persons' centres
- Harrow—signed
- Northampton: four new specialist centres for older people who are frail or with mental health needs
- Richmond
- Surrey—signed
- Westminster—signed
Other
- Dudley: multi-use facility
- Harrow: four community resource centres and four houses for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health
- Portsmouth: two day centres for people with learning difficulties Staffordshire: new children's home
Home Office
Police HQs
- Cheshire: relocation of HQ and training centre
- Derbyshire: Divisional HQ in Derby—signed
- Norfolk: Force HQ
- Thames Valley: Force HQ—signed
Police stations
- Cumbria: Workington
- Derbyshire: Ilkeston—signed
- Dorset: Dorchester
Other Police Schemes
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- Cleveland/Durham: firearms range
- Greater Manchester Police: improve efficiency of operational policing
- Metropolitan Police: "3Ci": a new Command, Control, Communications and Information Service
- Northumbria: stables—signed
- Nottinghamshire: area traffic facility
- Sussex: new custody suites
- Wiltshire: helicopters—signed
Fire Service
- Avon, Somerset and Gloucester: fire training facility
- Cornwall: fire stations
- Greater Manchester: Stretford, fire headquarters—signed
- Lancashire: fire stations
- London: fire vehicles and equipment
- North Yorkshire: fire training facilities
Lord Chancellor's Department
Magistrates Courts
- Avon and Somerset
- Bedfordshire
- Derbyshire
- Hereford, Worcester
- Humberside
- Manchester