There is a major lack of transparency where PFI projects have been subject to a buyout or termination. Both HM Treasury and the Scottish Government eliminate the data of buyout and terminated projects from their annual list of projects. The fact that these projects ever existed is lost to the evidence of PFI/PPP policy.
Furthermore, there is no evidence that a formal government analysis has been carried out to identify the full public cost of these projects or to understand and report on the reasons why a buyout or termination was the adopted policy. The figures in Table 1 would be significantly higher had all this information been publicly available. For example, the public cost of buyouts, terminations and major problem contracts is currently available for only 44 of the 74 contracts. There are also gaps in the data in Tables 11, 12 and 13 reflecting the lack of transparency in the planning, procurement and operation of PFI/PPP contracts.