Health and Education PPP projects accounted for 62% of the equity sales between 1998-2012 - see Table 5. Transport, primarily roads and motorways, public transport and street lighting projects, accounted 9.6% and criminal justice (police stations, prisons, courts and remand centres) for 8.9%. Waste/water, defence, housing and fire and rescue projects each accounted for about 2.5% of changes in PPP equity ownership.
Table 5: PPP equity sales by sector (1998-2012)
| Sector | No. of PPP projects in equity transactions | % |
| Education - schools & colleges | 222 | 31.0 |
| Health - hospitals and health centres | 216 | 30.2 |
| Transport - public transport, roads & street lighting | 69 | 9.6 |
| Criminal Justice - prisons, courts, remand centres | 64 | 8.9 |
| Waste/Water | 19 | 2.7 |
| Defence | 18 | 2.5 |
| Fire and Rescue | 5 | 0.7 |
| Housing | 18 | 2.5 |
| Leisure | 11 | 1.5 |
| Misc | 74 | 10.4 |
| Total | 716 | 100.0 |
Source: European Services Strategy Unit PPP Equity Database, 2012