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Written question asked by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 25 November 2016. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 2016 on behalf of the Treasury.

Local Government: Public Private Partnerships

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the value of local authority debts accrued from public-private partnership developments since 2010 in (a) England and (b) Wiltshire.

Answer

The values of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) liabilities included in the Statement of Financial Position of the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are:

Financial year

English local authorities £m

Wiltshire Council £m

2014-15

11,985.3

51.7

2013-14

11,610.3

53.4

2012-13

10,850.9

37.1

2011-12

9,935.4

30.4

2010-11

8,930.1

31.0

2009-10

8,039.0

42.2

The most recent WGA is for the 2014-15 financial year and was published in May 2016. The 2015-16 WGA is currently being prepared and will be published in 2017.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
54415
Session
2016-17
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Debts Local government Public private partnerships
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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