§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the guidance issued by the Office of Government Commerce on PFI contracts. [4475]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithGeneral guidance on standardisation of PFI contracts, produced by the Treasury task force was published in 1999. A supplement on information technology was published in 2000. Copies are available in the House of Commons Library.
The Treasury task force also published a number of policy statements and technical notes on PFI issues. These are available on the OGC website (www.ogc.gov.uk).
The complete list is as follows:
Policy Statement No. 1: PFI and Public Expenditure AllocationsPolicy Statement No. 2: Public Sector Comparators and Value for MoneyPolicy Statement No. 3: PFI and Public Expenditure Allocations for NDPBsPolicy Statement No. 4: PFI Projects: Disclosure of Information and Consultation with Staff and Other Interested PartiesPolicy Statement No. 5: Provision of Information to ParliamentTechnical Note No. 1: How to account for PFI TransactionsTechnical Note No. 2: How o follow EC Procurement Procedure and Advertise in the OJECTechnical Note No. 3: How to Appoint and Manage Advisers to PFI ProjectsTechnical Note No. 4: How to Appoint and Work with a Preferred BidderTechnical Note No. 5: How to Construct a Public Sector ComparatorTechnical Note No. 6: How to Manage the Delivery of Long Term PFI ContractsTechnical Note No. 7: How to Achieve Design Quality in PFI.Additional guidance to Departments on refinancing PFI projects which was issued in 2000 is also on the OGC website.
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [5729]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.