Oral evidence

Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts on 

Wednesday 20 June 2007

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair

Mr Richard Bacon

MrAlan Williams

Mr Austin Mitchell

Derek Wyatt

Dr John Pugh

 

Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, and Mr David Finlay, Director of PFI Development, National Audit Office, were in attendance and gave oral evidence.

Ms Paula Diggle, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, gave evidence.

REPORTS BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

IMPROVING THE PFI TENDERING PROCESS (HC 149) and BENCHMARKING AND MARKET TESTING THE ONGOING SERVICE COMPONENT OF PFI PROJECTS (HC 453)

HM Treasury & Partnerships UK

Witnesses: Mr John Kingman, Managing Director, Public Services and Growth Directorate (PSG), Mr Jeremy Pocklington, Team Leader, Corporate and Private Finance Team (CPF), PSG Directorate, Mr Gordon McKechnie, Head of PFI Policy, Corporate and Private Finance Team, PSG Directorate, HM Treasury; and Mr James Stewart, Chief Executive, Partnerships UK, gave evidence.

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