Monitoring the cost of PFI finance

5  Current expectations are that the increase in sources of equity arising from the emerging PFI secondary market should drive down returns which equity providers seek from PFI projects. Debt finance should continue to be provided at competitive rates reflecting the lower risks now the PFI market is established. In order to demonstrate whether these expectations are achieved, the Treasury should make use of the new PUK project database to produce an annual summary of the trends in PFI financing costs.