Market Sector Studies
This section organises UK studies of PFI/PPP according to market sector (and most of these can also be accessed through the Market Sectors section of the Resource Centre).
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Buildings and Infrastructure Renewal
Performance of PFI Construction (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2009 This report provides an update on the performance of PFI construction. It finds that PFI construction projects were delivered to timetable in over two thirds of cases and to price in around two thirds; non-PFI construction projects are delivering to timetable in around two thirds of cases and to price in around half. UK
Private-public partnerships: prerequisites for prime performance (PDF) Thomson, Campbell, C., 2005 European Investment Bank This paper presents the findings of an evaluation of public-private partnership (PPP) projects financed by the EIB. The evaluation, carried out by Operations Evaluation of the EIB, suggests that EIB involvement can add financial and non-financial benefits and that PPP projects score well in terms of delivering infrastructure on time and budget.
Value-for-money Measurements in Public-Private Partnerships (PDF)
Grout, Paul, A, 2005
European Investment Bank
The Economic Efficiency Of Accommodation Service PFI Projects (PDF) Rintala, Kai, 2004 VTT Publications 555 This research consists of two case studies on large and complex PFI accommodation projects which use interviews, project documentation and expert opinions to collect data. ISBN 951-38-6434-0 UK
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ): New Accommodation Programme (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2003 The Stationery Office This report on the GCHQ's new HQ building, which was arranged through PFI, finds that the programme is expected to be delivered on time and to budget. The conduct of the project overall is commended. HC 955 UK
PFI: The New Headquarters for the Home Office (Report) (PDF)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2003
The Stationery Office
An audit of the £311million, 26-year PFI deal to build and operate a modern, flexible working environment for the Home Office.
HC 954
UK
PFI: The Laganside Courts (Report) (Web Page) National Audit Office (NAO), 2003 The Stationery Office An assessment of the construction and operation of Laganside Courts in Northern Ireland, a new complex delivered in 2002 under a PFI/PPP model. The complex is found to deliver significant benefits. HC 649 UK
Private Finance Initiative: Redevelopment of MOD Main Building (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2003 The Stationery Office A report on the extent of financial savings and comparative costs and risks involved in the £746million, 30-year PFI construction-and-operation contract for a new Ministry of Defence Main Building. HC 298 UK
The PFI Contract for the Redevelopment of the West Middlesex University Hospital (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2003 The Stationery Office
An assessment of the innovative £120million, 35-year PFI contract to develop and maintain the West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust.
HC 155 UKPFI Construction Performance (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2003 The Stationery Office An audit of the performance of construction projects under PFI. It finds that most are delivered on time and to the cost expected. HC 371 UK
PFI Construction Performance (Web Page) Public Accounts Committee (PAC), 2003 The Stationery Office
A report on the performance of construction projects under PFI. It finds that most are delivered on time and to the cost expected.
HC 567 UKThe Use of Funding Competitions in PFI Projects: The Treasury Building (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2002 The Stationery Office This report assesses whether funding competitions have a role to play in future PFI projects, the role of project management skills in the public sector and the additional costs to the public sector of using private finance. It offers a series of policy recommendations. HC 398 UK
Private Finance Initiative: Redevelopment of MOD Main Building (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2002 The Stationery Office
An audit on the £746million, 30-year PFI construction-and-operation contract for a new Ministry of Defence Main Building.
HC 748 UKThe PFI Contract for the Redevelopment of the West Middlesex University Hospital (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2002 The Stationery Office
An audit of the innovative £120million, 35-year PFI contract to develop and maintain the West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust.
HC 49 UKInnovation in PFI Financing: The Treasury Building Project (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2001 The Stationery Office
An audit of the funding competition used to finance the refurbishment of the Treasury building in Whitehall. It finds that the competition saved £13million - 7% over the lifetime of the project.
HC 328 UKThe Re-Negotiation of the PFI-Type Deal for the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2001 The Stationery Office An audit of the 1999 renegotiation of the 1993 build-and-operate deal for the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. HC 103 UK
The Re-Negotiation of the PFI-Type Deal for the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2001 The Stationery Office A report on the 1999 renegotiation of the 1993 build-and-operate deal for the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. HC 359 UK
Corrections
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The Operational Performance of PFI Prisons (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2003 The Stationery Office A report on the best practice and performance among the first nine prisons built under the PFI. HC 904 UK
The Operational Performance of PFI Prisons (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2003 The Stationery Office An audit of the best practice and performance among the first nine prisons built under the PFI. It finds key benefits, not only in the operation of the nine PFI prisons but in driving the public sector to improve performance. HC 700 UK
The PFI Contracts for Bridgend and Fazakerley Prisons (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 1998 The Stationery Office A report on the first PFI prisons in the UK - 25-year contracts for Bridgend (£266million) and Fazakerley (£247million) struck in 1996. Both were delivered ahead of time and with substantial overall cost-savings. HC 499 UK
The PFI Contracts for Bridgend and Fazakerley Prisons (Report) (Web Page) National Audit Office (NAO), 1997 The Stationery Office An audit on the first PFI prisons in the UK - 25-year contracts simultaneously let for Bridgend (£266million) and Fazakerley (£247million) struck in 1996. HC 253 UK
Report on the Procurement of Custodial Services for the DCMF Prisons at Bridgend and Fazakerley Private Finance Panel Executive, 1996 Office of Government Commerce UK
Policing: Support Services
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Criminal Records Bureau: Delivering Safer Recruitment? (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2004 The Stationery Office An audit of the setting up of the Criminal Records Bureau, a Public Private Partnership between the Home Office and Capita, and the problems encountered during the first seven months upon launching in 2002. HC 266 UK
Defence
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Ministry of Defence: The Joint Services Command and Staff College (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2002 The Stationery Office
An audit of the MoD Joint Services Command and Staff College - PFI success story that obtained value for money in procurement.
HC 537 UKThe Private Finance Initiative: The Contract for the Defence Fixed Telecommunications System (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2000 The Stationery Office An audit of the MoD fixed telecommunications system - a ten-year PFI deal worth £612million struck in 1997. It estimates substantial savings compared to both the previous system and competing bids in the competition process. HC 328 UK
The Private Finance Initiative: The Contract for the Defence Fixed Telecommunications System (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2000 The Stationery Office A report on the MoD fixed telecommunications system - a ten-year PFI deal worth £612million struck in 1997. HC 413 UK
The Procurement of Non-Combat Vehicles for the Royal Air Force (Report) (Web Page)
National Audit Office (NAO), 1999
The Stationery Office
A value for money study of the PFI project for the supply of non-combat vehicles for the Royal Air Force. The contract was notable as one of the first fleet management contracts procured by the MOD through the PFI route.
Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility: PFI Case Study
Treasury Taskforce, 1998
Office of Government Commerce
Education
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Individual Learning Accounts in Scotland Accounts Commission, Audit Scotland, 2003 ISBN 1 903433 99 1 UK
Taking the Initiative: Using PFI Contracts to Renew Council Schools
Accounts Commission, Audit Scotland, 2002
Report on the early PFI schools in Scotland
Individual Learning Accounts (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2002 The Stationery Office An audit of the ILA - an innovative scheme poorly planned and implemented with lessons to learn for similar future projects. HC 1235 UK
A Learning Process: Public Private Partnerships in Education Lissauer, Rachel & Robinson, Peter (eds), 2000 Commission on Public Private Partnerships, Institute for Public Policy Research, London Includes a case study of the PFI in Brent UK
Colfox School, Dorset: A Case Study on the First DBFO School Project
Treasury Taskforce, 1997
Health
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The Paddington Health Campus Scheme (PDF) The National Audit Office, 2006 The Stationery Office This report examines the failed Paddington Health Campus scheme, a healthcare and research centre commissioned on a projected gross capital cost of £300million for a completion date of 2006. This report explores why and how the scheme collapsed in 2005 with costs projected costs up to £894million and the expected completion date back to 2013. It identifies three key reasons behind the failure and outlines a series of recommendations to avoid a repeat. UK
Clinical Governance Review: North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (PDF) Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), 2003 The Stationery Office The report gives an independent assesent of how well the trust ensures high standards of care and what it is doing to continuously improve the quality of services. ISBN 0 11 703128 3 UK
Progress and Prospects: Healthcare PFI - a Survey Ernst & Young, 2002 UK
Public Private Partnerships in Health: The Intersection of Public Private Health Care Provision Nuffield Trust, 2002 UK
Integrated Care and the Development of Public-Private Partnerships Hunger, David J; Robinson, Ray; New, Bill, 2002 University of Durham A report Commissioned by the Nuffield Trust
The Role of the Private Sector in the NHS (Web Page) House of Commons Health Committee, 2002 The Stationery Office An enquiry examining changes and trends in the relationship between the independent sector and the NHS - with a focus on PPPs and PFI. HC 308 UK
The Economics of the Private Finance Initiative in the NHS Sussex, Jon , 2001 Office of Health Economics, London UK
The PFI Contract for the New Dartford and Gravesham Hospital (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2000 The Stationery Office A report examining the 25-year, £177million PFI contract to build and maintain the new Dartford and Gravesham Hospital. HC 131 UK
The PFI Contract for the New Dartford and Gravesham Hospital (Report) (Web Page) National Audit Office (NAO), 1999 The Stationery Office An audit of the 25-year, £177million PFI contract to build and maintain the new Dartford and Gravesham Hospital. With policy recommendations for future project evaluation and implementation. HC 423 UK
Information & Communications Technology
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PPP in Practice: National Savings and Investments' Deal with Siemens Business Services, Four Years On (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2003 The Stationery Office An audit of one of the largest outsourcing projects ever undertaken by the UK Government. It finds improvements in customer service as well as cost-savings but unanticipated problems mean that full projected benefits are unlikely to be realised. HC 626 UK
New IT Systems for Magistrates' Courts: The Libra Project (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2003 The Stationery Office A report on the 10-year, £184million PFI contract for a national standard IT system for magistrates' courts. The conclusion describes it as "one of the worst PFI deals that we have seen", criticising the Department for its competitive process and the contractor for their provision. HC 434 UK
New IT Systems for Magistrates' Courts: The Libra Project (Report) (PDF) National Audit Office (NAO), 2003 The Stationery Office An audit of the 10-year, £184million PFI contract for a national standard IT system for magistrates' courts. If finds the system is still not complete with costs increasing significantly since the deal was first struck in 1998. HC 327 UK
Public Private Partnerships: Airwave (Web Page) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2002 The Stationery Office
A report on the 19-year, £1.5billion PFI deal for a new radio service for police services in Great Britain.
Public Private Partnerships: Airwave (Report) (PDF)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2002
The Stationery Office
An audit of the 19-year, £1.5billion PFI deal for a new radio service for police services in Great Britain.
HC 730
UK
NIRS 2 Contract Extension (Web Page)
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2002
The Stationery Office
38th Report of Session 2001-02
NIRS 2 Contract Extension (Report) (PDF)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2001
The Stationery Office
National Savings: Public-Private Partnership with Siemens Business Services (Web Page)
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2000
The Stationery Office
40th Report of Session 1999-2000
Inland Revenue/EDS Strategic Partnership: Award of New Work (Web Page)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2000
The Stationery Office
Inland Revenue/EDS Strategic Partnership: The Award of New Work
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2000
The Stationery Office
28th Report of Session 1999-2000
Public-Private Partnership with Siemens Business Services (PDF)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2000
The Stationery Office
Delays to the New National Insurance Recording System (Web Page)
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 1999
The Stationery Office
22nd Report of Session 1998-99
The Contract to Develop and Update the Replacement National Insurance Recording System (Web Page)
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 1998
The Stationery Office
46th Report of Session 1997-98
The Contract to Develop and Update the Replacement National Insurance Recording System (Report) (Web Page)
National Audit Office (NAO), 1997
The Stationery Office
Roads
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Towards Better Transport: Funding New Infrastructure with Future Road Pricing Revenue (PDF) Wellings, Richard and Lipson, Briar, 2008 Policy Exchange This report argues that endemic traffic congestion in the UK is now wreaking huge economic damage, a consequence of consistent under-investment in infrastructure by successive governments. A comprehensive overhaul of infrastructure based on road-user charging is therefore essential - but the public does not believe that income from charging would be effectively invested. The authors recommend that investment initially be underwritten by Private Finance Initiative projects, postponing the direct imposition of costs on motorists until they are in receipt of the benefits. This path is not easy, however, and devolution of institutional structures surrounding transport policy is essential to effective reform of UK road policy. UK
Building New Roads through Public-Private Partnerships: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) Gilroy, Leonard C; Poole, Robert W;Samuel, Peter and Segal, Geoffrey, 2007 Reason Foundation A briefing on the use of PPP's to design, finance, operate and maintain new roads. USA
The Private Finance Initiative: The Contract to Complete and Operate the A74(M)/M74 in Scotland (Report) (Web Page) National Audit Office (NAO), 1999 The Stationery Office HC 356 UK
The Private Finance Initiative: The First Four Design, Build, Finance and Operate Roads Contracts (Report) (Web Page) National Audit Office (NAO), 1998 The Stationery Office HC 476 UK
The Private Finance Initiative: The First Four Design, Build, Finance and Operate Roads Contracts (Web Page)
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 1998
The Stationery Office
47th Report of Session 1997-98
A Case Study on the First Eight DBFO Road Contracts and their Development
Private Finance Panel Executive, 1996
Office of Government Commerce
Transport
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London Underground - Are the Public Private Partnerships likely to work successfully? (PDF)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2004
The Stationery Office
The Value for Money component of two concurrent NAO reports on the London Underground PPPs (see below). Deals in some detail with the effectiveness of the performance measures and incentives used in the contracts.
Refinancing the Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services (Report) (PDF)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2004
The Stationery Office
The Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services Ltd (Web Page)
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2003
The Stationery Office
48th Report
The Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services Ltd (Report) (PDF)
National Audit Office (NAO), 2002
The Stationery Office