Private Finance Initiative

(asked on 13th October 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total private finance initiative liabilities of his Department are for the next 20 years; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Jo Swinson
This question was answered on 20th October 2014

The Departmental Group is involved in two private finance initiatives; an IT infrastructure initiative managed by the Insolvency Service, and a Research Ship managed by the Natural Environment Research Council. The table below sets out the annual unitary payments for the next 20 years as at 31 March 2014.

Project

2014-15

£m

2015-16

£m

2016-17

£m

2017-18

£m

2018-19

£m

2019-20

£m

Total

£m

Research Ship

2.2

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

0.6

9.2

IT Infrastructure

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.0

0.2

11.1

Total

4.6

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.6

0.8

20.3

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