Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) contracts where the procuring authority is categorised as a devolved Scottish authority, what the total amount is that (a) has been paid in unitary charge payments since 1997-98, up to and including the financial year 2024-25 to date, for all (i) expired and (ii) active projects and (b) remains to be paid for active projects until contract expiry.
All Scottish Government supported PFI and PPP contracts including NPD (Non-Profit Distributing) have been procured by a devolved Scottish authority. The latest published data as at 31 March 2023 relating to (a) the total estimated unitary charge payments associated with these PFI and PPP contracts including NPD from 1997-98 to 2024-25 comprising both (i) expired and (ii) active contracts are contained within the following table.
Contract Type | 1997-98 to 2024-25 | 1997-98 to 2024-25 |
(a)(i) Expired Contracts | (a)(ii) Active Contracts | |
(£m) | (£m) | |
PFI | 372 | 17,653 |
NPD (pre-2010) | - | 900 |
NPD Programme | - | 2,205 |
Total | 372 | 20,758 |
The latest published data as at 31 March 2023 relating to (b) the total estimated unitary charge payments associated with PFI and PPP contracts including NPD from 2025-26 until contract expiry are contained within the following table.
Contract Type | 2025-26 onwards |
(b) Active Contracts | |
(£m) | |
PFI | 12,483 |
NPD (pre-2010) | 1,157 |
NPD Programme | 6,482 |
Total | 20,121 |
All figures have been rounded and total figures may not add up exactly to the sum of the rounded figures.