House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 17 Jul 2000 (pt 19)

Foodborne Illness

Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of sickness resulting from the consumption of fresh meat emanating from British abattoirs were recorded in 1999. [126189]

Ms Stuart: Most cases of infectious intestinal disease are not part of recognised outbreaks (i.e. they are sporadic cases). It is very difficult to obtain scientific information implicating a specific food as the cause of infection for these sporadic cases and, as such, it is not possible to provide data on specific foods associated with sporadic infection.

However, meat and meat products are an important vehicle of foodborne illness. There was at least one large outbreak in 1999 which was attributable to meat from a British abattoir.

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which health authorities have more in-patients waiting over one year than in May 1997. [128503]

Mr. Denham: The list compares March 1997 (the last data collection before May 1997) with March 2000.

Health authorities who have seen an increase in patients waiting over 12 months for elective admission March 1997 to March 2000

Northern and Yorkshire

Bradford HA

Durham HA

East Riding HA

Leeds HA

Newcastle and North Tyneside HA

North Cumbria HA

Northumberland HA

Sunderland HA

Tees HA

Wakefield HA

North Yorkshire HA

Calderdale and Kirklees HA

Trent

Leicestershire HA

North Nottinghamshire HA

West Midlands

Birmingham HA

Coventry HA

Dudley HA

Herefordshire HA

Sandwell HA

Shropshire HA

Solihull HA

North Staffordshire HA

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South Staffordshire HA

Walsall HA

Warwickshire HA

Wolverhampton HA

Worcestershire HA

North West

South Lancashire HA

Liverpool HA

Manchester HA

Morecambe Bay HA

St. Helens and Knowsley HA

Salford and Trafford HA

Sefton HA

Stockport HA

West Pennine HA

Bury and Rochdale HA

North Cheshire HA

South Cheshire HA

East Lancashire HA

North West Lancashire HA

Wigan and Bolton HA

Wirral HA

Eastern

Bedfordshire HA

North Essex HA

South Essex HA

Suffolk HA

East and North Hertfordshire HA

West Hertfordshire HA

Cambridgeshire HA

Norfolk HA

London

Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA

Bexley and Greenwich HA

Bromley HA

Kingston and Richmond HA

Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA

Barking and Havering HA

Camden and Islington HA

East London and City HA

South East

Berkshire

Buckinghamshire

East Kent

West Kent

East Surrey

West Surrey

East Sussex, Brighton and Hove

West Sussex

Northamptonshire

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North and Mid Hampshire

Portsmouth and South East Hampshire

South West RO

Somerset HA

South and West Devon HA

Wiltshire HA

Avon HA

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA

Dorset HA

North and East Devon HA

Gloucestershire HA

Source:

Department of Health form QF01

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PFI Contracts

Mr. Alan Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the PFI contracts entered into by his Department, indicating (a) their dates of commencement, (b) their value, (c) if they have been subject to refinancing and (d) if his Department has a clawback entitlement to share in savings arising from refinancing. [129050]

Mr. Denham: Information on refinancing in private finance initiative contracts is collected centrally for the major schemes (capital value £25 million or over) which have reached financial close. The position regarding these schemes is as follows:

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Name Date of commencement (financial close) Value (£ million) Have they been refinanced? Is there a re-financing clawback?

Dartford and Gravesham July 1997 94 No ⁽¹⁾No

Carlisle November 1997 65 No ⁽¹⁾No

South Buckinghamshire December 1997 45 No No

Norfolk and Norwich January 1998 144 No ⁽¹⁾No

North Durham March 1998 61 No Yes

Greenwich July 1998 93 No ⁽¹⁾No

Calderdale July 1998 65 No Yes

South Manchester December 1998 66 No Yes

Bromley November 1998 118 No ⁽¹⁾No

Barnet and Chase February 1999 54 No No

Worcester March 1999 87 No Yes

Hereford April 1999 64 No Yes

South Durham May 1999 41 No ⁽¹⁾No

South Tees August 1998 122 No ⁽¹⁾No

Swindon and Marlborough October 1999 96 No Yes

King's December 1999 64 No Yes

Leeds Community March 2000 47 No Yes

St. George's March 2000 49 No Yes

Name	Date of commencement (financial close)	Value (£ million)	Have they been refinanced?	Is there a re-financing clawback?
Dartford and Gravesham	July 1997	94	No	⁽¹⁾No
Carlisle	November 1997	65	No	⁽¹⁾No
South Buckinghamshire	December 1997	45	No	No
Norfolk and Norwich	January 1998	144	No	⁽¹⁾No
North Durham	March 1998	61	No	Yes
Greenwich	July 1998	93	No	⁽¹⁾No
Calderdale	July 1998	65	No	Yes
South Manchester	December 1998	66	No	Yes
Bromley	November 1998	118	No	⁽¹⁾No
Barnet and Chase	February 1999	54	No	No
Worcester	March 1999	87	No	Yes
Hereford	April 1999	64	No	Yes
South Durham	May 1999	41	No	⁽¹⁾No
South Tees	August 1998	122	No	⁽¹⁾No
Swindon and Marlborough	October 1999	96	No	Yes
King's	December 1999	64	No	Yes
Leeds Community	March 2000	47	No	Yes
St. George's	March 2000	49	No	Yes

⁽¹⁾ There are no specific clawback arrangements, but the contract places a limit on the private sector's ability to refinance without the trust's approval.

⁽¹⁾ These are transactions financed by bond issues. The nature of these transactions means re-financing is extremely unlikely.

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Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what clawback mechanisms exist under private finance initiative contracts within his Department in respect of (a) refinancing and (b) other contingencies; and if he will place copies of each private finance initiative contract in the Library. [130211]

Mr. Denham [holding answer 13 July 2000]: I refer the hon. Member to my reply above to my right hon. Friend the Member for Swansea, West (Mr. Williams). This details the major National Health Service private finance initiative contracts with clawback arrangements regarding re-financing.

No other specific clawback arrangements are made except in the case of schemes with forward land sales. Where the land is sold in advance, there are clawback arrangements in the event of the land eventually being

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sold on at a higher price. Only the contracts at Dartford and Gravesham and Bromley have forward land sales and both have such protection.

Copies of the full business cases and detailed contract summaries for all PFI schemes with a capital value greater then £10 million are available in the Library.

Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost to public funds of external advisers in the negotiation of private finance initiative projects for hospitals, expressed as a proportion of each contract's value. [130260]

Mr. Denham [holding answer 13 July 2000]: Information on the total amounts spent on advisers' costs is collected centrally for major private finance initiative schemes (capital value of £25 million or above) which have reached financial close. The data are set out in the table.

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£

Costs

NHS Trust Legal Financial Other Total As percentage of capital cost⁽¹⁾

Bromley 1,710,000 1,759,000 743,000 4,212,000 3.5

Norfolk and Norwich 1,559,000 1,938,000 932,000 4,429,000 3.0

Hereford 2,500,000 1,200,000 900,000 4,600,000 7.2

Greenwich 1,169,000 676,000 351,000 2,196,000 2.4

South Manchester 1,224,000 888,000 1,051,000 3,163,000 4.8

Wellhouse 2,531,000 980,000 1,175,000 4,686,000 8.7

Carlisle 605,000 475,000 736,000 1,816,000 2.8

Calderdale 901,000 654,000 527,000 2,082,000 3.2

Dartford and Gravesham 1,215,000 960,000 180,000 2,355,000 2.5

South Buckinghamshire 1,653,000 780,000 169,000 2,602,000 5.8

North Durham 375,000 438,000 888,000 1,701,000 2.8

South Tees 1,706,639 938,407 310,000 2,955,046 2.4

South Durham (Bishop Auckland) 1,088,000 1,087,000 247,000 2,422,000 5.9

Worcester 1,050,000 1,110,000 300,000 2,460,000 2.8

Swindon and Marlbrorough 1,135,000 680,000 1,730,000 3,545,000 3.7

King's 2,606,575 1,374,357 785,554 4,766,486 7.4

St. George's 637,897 181,904 361,897 1,181,698 2.4

Leeds Community 685,000 308,000 514,000 1,507,000 3.2

Totals 24,351,111 16,427,668 11,900,451 52,679,230 --

					£
	Costs
NHS Trust	Legal	Financial	Other	Total	As percentage of capital cost⁽¹⁾
Bromley	1,710,000	1,759,000	743,000	4,212,000	3.5
Norfolk and Norwich	1,559,000	1,938,000	932,000	4,429,000	3.0
Hereford	2,500,000	1,200,000	900,000	4,600,000	7.2
Greenwich	1,169,000	676,000	351,000	2,196,000	2.4
South Manchester	1,224,000	888,000	1,051,000	3,163,000	4.8
Wellhouse	2,531,000	980,000	1,175,000	4,686,000	8.7
Carlisle	605,000	475,000	736,000	1,816,000	2.8
Calderdale	901,000	654,000	527,000	2,082,000	3.2
Dartford and Gravesham	1,215,000	960,000	180,000	2,355,000	2.5
South Buckinghamshire	1,653,000	780,000	169,000	2,602,000	5.8
North Durham	375,000	438,000	888,000	1,701,000	2.8
South Tees	1,706,639	938,407	310,000	2,955,046	2.4
South Durham (Bishop Auckland)	1,088,000	1,087,000	247,000	2,422,000	5.9
Worcester	1,050,000	1,110,000	300,000	2,460,000	2.8
Swindon and Marlbrorough	1,135,000	680,000	1,730,000	3,545,000	3.7
King's	2,606,575	1,374,357	785,554	4,766,486	7.4
St. George's	637,897	181,904	361,897	1,181,698	2.4
Leeds Community	685,000	308,000	514,000	1,507,000	3.2

Totals	24,351,111	16,427,668	11,900,451	52,679,230	--

⁽¹⁾ Capital cost defined as: total capital cost to the private sector consortium which includes cost of land, construction, equipment and professional fees but excludes Value Added Tax, rolled up interest and financing costs such as bank arrangement fees, bank due diligence fees, banks lawyers fees and third party equity costs.

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All PFI schemes, including the 'second wave' and 'third wave' of major prioritised schemes, are now using the new PFI guidance and standard form contract introduced under this Government, the aim of which is to reduce procurement time and transaction costs. Further standardisation of documentation on payment mechanisms and output specifications will be published shortly, which will further reduce transaction costs.

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