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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mr. Colman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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. [160972] Mr. Raynsford: Since the establishment of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in May 2002 a total of seven Private Finance Initiative projects have been signed with a total capital value of £233.18 million, the capital value of these projects, which the Government are supporting is as follows: In the North West region, the capital value of two projects signed in 2002 is £16.56 million and the one signed in 2003 is £61.55 million; In the North East region, the capital value of one project signed in 2003 is £29.77 million; In London and the South East region, the capital value of one project signed in 2002 is £9.3 million and two projects signed in 2003 is £116 million. The information on solely state-financed projects is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

160972; 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

Link

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