• British Gas
• British Steel
• British Telecom
• British Water
• British Rail
The Results
• PFI does not transfer risk to the private sector - services not
allowed to fail.
The current state of PFI:
2009
Lost opportunities
• Railtrack’s Insolvency
• Metronet’s collapse
• East Coast Mainline to be re-sold
The Record:
Civil Service
• Facilities, IT, HR
• MoD (DII ; DERA = QinetiQ)
• Forensic Science Service
• ONS
• VOSA
• DWP – back office and front line
The Record:
Civil Service: Welfare Reform
• Land Registry
• Met Office
• Ordnance Survey
• UK Hydrographic Office
PFI Now:
Two sets of accounts