15 As a ground-breaking Private Finance project in the Information Technology sector, there was little by way of precedent to inform it. There was limited experience at the time as to the appetite and ability of the purchasers or potential suppliers to accept important risks, such as the liability for failing to prevent fraud. There was also a perception that because responsibility for delivery could be transferred to suppliers, purchasers should be less concerned with validating the supplier's internal arrangements and had less "need to know" the detail of the supplier's solution.