As is our normal practice, we determined the scope of our examination using principles of Issue Analysis.
The Situation that existed was that: "The NATS PPP was established mainly to allow the company to grow its business free of the constraints of the public sector".
The Complication that made this situation worthy of study was that: "The financial structure proved to be insufficiently robust, and was difficult to remedy".
This led to the following Key Question: "Does NATS now have robust finances, to which all stakeholders have made equitable contributions?"