§ Earl Howeasked 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.