HL Deb 10 October 2003 vol 653 c85WA
Earl Howe

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many private finance initiative contracts for acute hospital projects have been signed since May 2001; and which projects these are. [HL4344]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)

Eight private finance initiative contracts for acute hospital projects over £10 million have been signed since May 2001. These are listed as follows:

National Health Service Trust Capital Value £ million Financial Close
Dudley Group of Hospitals 137 01/05/2001
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre 37 20/04/2002
Gloucestershire Hospitals 32 01/05/2002
Leeds Teaching Hospitals—
Wharfedale 14 20/09/2002
The Whittington 32 09/10/2002
University Hospitals
Coventry & Warwickshire 379 27/11/2002
East Lancashire Hospitals—
Blackburn 110 09/07/2003
Southern Derbyshire Acute
Hospitals 312.20 12/09/2003

A limited amount of information is collected centrally for schemes with a capital value below £10 million due to the delegation of responsibility for approving such cases.