§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many PFI transactions have been overseen by his Department in each of the last 10 years; what is his estimate of the cost savings made in each of these transactions in comparison with the public sector alternative; what are the outstanding payments to be made in relation to these transactions for each of the next 15 years; and if he will make a statement. [5714]
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§ Dr. WhiteheadInformation about the PFI transactions that have been overseen by this Department since 1992 (10 years) is included in the table. However, any estimates of cost savings made in each of these transactions in comparison with the public sector alternative could be provided only at disproportionate cost to my department and, as agreed with the National Audit Office, payments to be made to contractors under PFI contracts are commercially confidential. Aggregate figures of estimated payments under all PFI contracts for the years 2001–01 to 2025–26 have been published in Table C18 of the Budget 2001 "Red Book"
DTLR PPP/PFI Projects: Remaining service payment Name of project Year contract signed HA—Birmingham North Relief Road 1992 LU—Northern Line Trains 1995 Midland Metrolink 1995 HA—A69 1996 HA—A50 1996 HA—A19 1996 HA—M40 1996 HA—A417/419 1996 HA—A30/35 1996 HA—A1 (M) 1996 HA—M1/A1 Link Road 1996 Croydon Tramlink 1996 Channel Tunnel Rail Link 1996 Waltham Forest HAT 1996 DLR Lewisham Extension 1996 QEII Conference Centre 1997 Manchester Metrolink 1997 LU—Power 1998 LU—Prestige 1998 LU—Connect 1999 LU—British Transport Police 1999 Tower Hamlets HAT 1999 VI—MOT Computerisation 2000
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the economic penalties imposed on private sector firms in each of the last five years for failures to deliver in relation to key performance indicators in projects involving the private finance initiative; and if he will make a statement. [5715]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe following table provides details of DTLR's PFI and PPP contracts signed in the past five years and states whether the service is operational, and whether service charge payments have been withheld. Should PFI and PPP contractors fail to provide the contracted service they will not receive the full unitary service charge payment for the relevant month.
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PFI and PPP contracts signed since 1997 Year contract signed Name of contract Status of service Has part of service charge payment been withheld? PFI contracts 1997 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre—Catering Operational No 2000 Highways Agency—A13 "Thames Gateway" Under construction n/a 2000 Vehicle Inspectorate—MOT computerisation Under construction n/a
PFI and PPP contracts signed since 1997 Year contract signed Name of contract Status of service Has part of service charge payment been withheld? 2001 Highways Agency—Traffic Control Centre Under construction n/a PPP contracts 1997 Manchester Metrolink— extension to Salford Quays and Eccles2 Operational No 1999 Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust Operational No 2001 National Air Traffic Control Services (NATS) PPP 3— n/a 1 The A13 Thames Gateway contract has transferred to Transport for London 2 The Manchester Metrolink contract was let by Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and received substantial funding from DTLR. 3 NATS have announced their preferred partner—Airlines Group (British Airways, British Midland, Virgin, Britannia, Monarch, Easy-Jet and Airtours) and is due to let the contract shortly.