Written question asked by Tony Colman (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 March 2004. It was answered by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 March 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, 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. - Inc figures and fact that the information on solely state-financed projects is not held centrally and disproportionate cost.

Answer: Mr. Colman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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. [160971] Mr. Raynsford: Since the creation of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in May 2002 there has been no new Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects signed. However, seven Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects have been signed and these are broken down as follows: In the North West region, two projects were launched in 2002 and one in 2003; In the North East region, one project was launched in 2003; In London and the South East region, one project was launched in 2002 and two in 2003. The information on solely state-financed projects is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 160971; 419 c221W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Capital investment Government departments Private sector Public sector Private finance initiative Public private partnerships Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Contains statistics: Yes
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