B3 The Government has routinely published a range of statistical information on PFI. The Financial Statement and Budget Report sets out:
• departmental estimates of the capital investment in public services to be undertaken by the private sector under PFI, PPP and other similar contracts signed to date;
• the estimated aggregate capital value of projects which have reached preferred bidder stage; and
• estimated payments to be made by government under PFI contracts signed to that date. As the Financial Statement and Budget Report points out, actual expenditure will depend on the payment mechanism and deductions for poor performance in each individual contract.
B4 The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has maintained a database of PFI and PPP signed projects and the capital values involved. Responsibility for this database transferred to HM Treasury on April 1st 2003. The publicly available electronic database will transfer from the OGC website to the HM Treasury website in the early Autumn.
B5 The Government has published a detailed regional breakdown of PFI and PPP contracts. These regional maps illustrate the distribution of projects across the country, their capital value, the date the project scheme was finalised and work begun, and some details on what the project will provide.
B6 Other sources of information include:
• published Departmental Investment Strategies;
• a list of approved local authority PFI projects, available on the ODPM website;
• the NAO database "PFI and PPP/Privatisation Recommendations", and
• regular presentations of information to Parliament in response to specific requests.