What are the merits of developing the Scottish Executive's central database of information on Scottish PPP projects in order to inform future long-term performance research?
The majority of research on PPPs to date has focused on the procurement and construction stages of the contracts. Whilst we believe that the Scottish Executive can and should put some effort into standardising the collection and management of this information, we do not regard it as the top priority. Our judgement is that the most valuable areas for further work (albeit the most challenging) relate to the operational phase of PPPs.