HC Deb 24 April 2002 vol 384 cc349-50W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for linear accelerators for the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49513]

Ms Blears

The business case justifying the individual schemes estimating the net savings in present value terms (ie all future costs and benefits discounted to their present values) compared with publicly funding the scheme is shown in the table.

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Net present costs of PSC v. PFI option
PFI (£000) 4,500
Public (£000) 5,100
Savings in net present value terms (£000) 600
Percentage difference 13.3

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the residences for Poole Hospital NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49508]

Ms Blears

The business case justifying the individual schemes estimating the net savings in present value terms (ie all future costs and benefits discounted to their present values) compared with publicly funding the scheme is shown in the table.

Poole Hospitals NHS Trust
Net present costs of PSC v. PFI option
PFI (£000) 1,577
Public (£000) 1,761
Savings in net present value terms (£000) 184
Percentage difference 11.6

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Patient Administration System for Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49546]

Ms Blears

The business case justifying the individual schemes estimating the net savings in present value terms (ie all future costs and benefits discounted to their present values) compared with publicly funding the scheme is shown in the table.

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Net present costs of PSC v. PFI option
PFI (£000) 2,900
Public (£000) 3,400
Savings in net present value terms (£000) 500
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Net present costs of PSC v. PFI option
Percentage difference 17.2

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit for the North Bristol NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative. [49520]

Ms Blears

The business case justifying the individual schemes estimating the net savings in present value terms (ie all future costs and benefits discounted to their present values) compared with publicly funding the scheme is shown in the table.

North Bristol NHS Trust Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit
Net present costs of PSC v. PFI option
PFI (£000) 94
Public (£000) 232
Savings in net present value terms (£000) 138
Percentage difference 147

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