Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many infrastructure contracts overseen by his Department have been let with the stipulation that a Project Bank Account must be applied in the last year.

The government’s infrastructure contracts make provision for the use of Project Bank Accounts (PBAs), and departments have committed to use PBAs on all infrastructure projects unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. Due to the range of infrastructure projects undertaken by government, the approaches taken will vary.

Ten infrastructure contracts overseen by the Environment Agency in the last year have been let with the stipulation that a PBA must be used.