By early 2017 there have been 11 buyouts, 20 terminated projects and 43 contracts that have experienced major problems, a total of 74 projects since the late 1990s:
One third of PFI/PPP contracts by capital value have been to subject to buyout, termination or major problems.
Table 1: Summary of buyouts, terminations and major problem contracts
Type of project | No of Projects | Buyout,
| Unitary
| Total cost of | Capital cost |
11 | 636.3 | 5,215.7 | 7,256.9 | 6,146.7 | |
20 | 1,677.1 | 8,427.0 | 14,114.2 | 12,047.1 | |
43 | (1) 2,139.8 | n/a | 36,105.7 | 4,459.1 | |
Total | 74 | 4,453.2 | 13,642.7 | 57,476.8 | 22,652.9 |
Source: Tables 10, 11 and 12 in Appendices.
1. Most public costs yet to be determined so this is a fraction of total costs.