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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-30563

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the net present value and cash value gains of the refinancing of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project are to (a) the private sector and (b) NHS Lothian and, in respect of NHS Lothian, whether it will detail the form in which these gains have been made, such as reductions in annual payments or reduced parking charges.

Question reference: S2W-30555

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much capital was raised by the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI consortium to deliver that project, broken down into (a) equity, (b) subordinated debt and (c) senior debt.

The capital raised by the EdinburghRoyal Infirmary PFI consortium to deliver the project was as follows:

	(£ Million)
Senior Debt	200.4
Subordinated Debt	27.6
Equity	0.5

Question reference: S2W-30561

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) percentage capital growth and (b) total capital gain has been on investors’ investment in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project.

Question reference: S2W-30557

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any equity shares in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project have changed hands since financial close.

The current shareholders forthe Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project are as follows:

Balfour Beatty: 73.9%.

Infrastructure Investors: 26.1%.

I also refer the member to the answer to question S2W-30556 on 15 January 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S2W-30559

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of NHS Lothian’s income the annual charge arising from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project represent, and how that has changed as a result of the refinancing.

Question reference: S2W-30560

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how refinancing has changed the net present value and cash value of the cash-flow to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project consortium shareholders over the contract term.

Question reference: S2W-30562

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how refinancing has changed the base internal rate of return to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI consortium.

Question reference: S2W-30558

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what annual payments are to be made to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI consortium over the contract term and how these changed as a result of the refinancing

The following table shows theestimated annual payments to be made to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI consortiumover the current contract period. As negotiations for the refinancing have not beenconcluded it is not yet known how these might change.

Year	Amount (£ Million)	Year	Amount (£ Million)	Year	Amount (£ Million)	Year	Amount (£ Million)
2006-07	40.4699	2013-14	48.1060	2020-21	57.1829	2027-28	67.9725
2007-08	41.4816	2014-15	49.3086	2021-22	58.6125	2028-29	34.8359
2008-09	42.5187	2015-16	50.5414	2022-23	60.0778	2029-30	35.7068
2009-10	43.5817	2016-17	51.8049	2023-24	61.5797	2030-31	36.5995
2010-11	44.6712	2017-18	53.1000	2024-25	63.1192	2031-32	37.5145
2011-12	45.7880	2018-19	54.4275	2025-26	64.6972	2032-33	38.4523
2012-13	46.9327	2019-20	55.7882	2026-27	66.3146

Question reference: S2W-30564

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the refinancing gain arising from the refinancing of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project has been retained by the private sector to compensate for a lower rate of return than that expected at bidding stage.

Question reference: S2W-30556

Asked by: Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, Solidarity Group
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 January 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive who the equity providers were for the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary PFI project.