§ Mr. ColmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (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 region in each of the last 10 years; [160965]
(2) how much was spent by (a) the Government on solely state-financed projects and (b) the (i) 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, broken down by region. [160966]
§ Mr. McNultyAn analysis of transport spending (including current spending) is published in Chapter 8 of Public Expenditure and Statistical Analysis (PESA) 2003 on the Treasury website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media//C6E3A7pesa_03_indexed.pdf.
In respect of road projects, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) on 11 March 2004, Official Report, column 1640W. Information on other government supported transport projects broken down by region over the last 10 years is not held centrally by the Department.
In respect of private finance initiative projects, a list of signed projects is available on the Treasury website: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/public_private_partnerships/ppp_pfi_stats.cfm.
This can be searched by Department and region.