Project Funding

HC Deb 16 March 2004 vol 419 cc210-1W

Mr. Colman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many(a) solely state-financed and (b) public-private partnership and private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible have been launched in each of the last 10 years; [160975]

(2) how much was spent by (a) the Government on solely state-financed projects and (b) the (i) the Government and (ii) private sector on public-private and private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible, in each of the last 10 years. [160976]

Mr. Rammell

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) major capital investment projects cover Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and our Estate. The value of these, and details of major new contracts let on the estate are captured in the FCO annual Departmental Reports. Copies of which are available in the Library of the House. The values are summarised in the following table.

Long term capital projects
	Nominal costs	Estimated provision
2003–04	ICT	36,240
2003–04	Estate Building Projects	35,900
	Total	72,140
2002–03	ICT	49,447
2002–03	Estate Building Projects	50,500
	Total	99,947
2001–02	ICT	42,400
2001–02	Estate Building Projects	54,600
	Total	97,000
2000–01	ICT	32,730
2000–01	Estate Building Projects	72,886
	Total	105,616
1999–2000	ICT	31,799
1999–2000	Estate Building Projects	65,494
	Total	97,293
1998–99	ICT	29,601
1998–99	Estate Building Projects	46,080
	Total	75,681
1997–98	ICT	24,285
1997–98	Estate Building Projects	51,045
	Total	75,330
1996–97	ICT	10,947
1996–97	Estate Building Projects	57,761
	Total	68,708
1995–96	ICT	18,337
1995–96	Estate Building Projects	94,436
	Total	112,773
1994–95	ICT	1—
1994–95	Estate Building Projects	1—
	Total	1—
1Data not available

Source: Appendix—Departmental Report

We have had only two PFI projects in the last 10 years:

1. (i) The construction of a new Embassy in Berlin in 2000, with a capital value of £17.1 million,
2. (ii) The FCO Telecommunications Network in 2001, with a capital value of £73.9 million.

Data by region and numbers of projects can be provided only at disproportionate costs.