PFI and PPP/Privatisation Recommendations


Help


This help page provides a quick overview of the features of the PFI/PPP and Privatisation Recommendations database, including tips on how to make the best use of the system. For further information on PFI/PPP and Privatisation recommendations please e-mail the PFI Group.


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List of Reports


The List Reports page includes all Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public Private Partnership (PPP) recommendations taken from the National Audit Office (NAO) reports, Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) reports and Treasury Minutes (TM).  They are arranged by House of Commons Session of publication (reverse chronological order), with each session ordered by the House of Commons (HOC) publication number (reverse order).  From this page you can link to either a listing of the recommendations of the reports, or the full text of the report.  If you wish to look at the recommendations by keyword then please try the Search option.

What options are there for listing reports?

  1. The default setting for the List of Reports page is a complete list of all the reports from which the recommendations are sourced.
  2. If you are only interested in the NAO's PFI reports, for example, you can reduce the number of displayed reports by using the Image of the filter button button at the top of the page.
  3. Select the appropriate items from the drop down boxes to the left of the filter button.  For example, selecting NAO and PFI from the two boxes will result in a displayed list that includes only the NAO’s reports on PFI related matters.
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  4. After making your selection, you click on the filter button. This action refreshes the list to show only those reports meeting your filter criteria.

How do I view specific recommendations from the List of Reports?

  1. From the List of Reports page you can view all the recommendations drawn from any of the listed reports by clicking on the report's title.
  2. Clicking on the third title, in the example below, "The privatisation of QinetiQ" would take you to the recommendations.
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How can I get access to electronic versions of the full reports?

There are two ways to access the full text of the report you are interested in:

  1. From the List of Reports page you can click on the "View" link beside the title and you will be taken to the full text of the report, if it is available on-line.
  2. Alternatively if you go into the list of recommendations for a particular report you can click on the title of the report.  In the example shown below clicking on "The privatisation of QinetiQ" will take you to the full text of the report.
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Special Note About PAC/TM Results

You may observe that the same Treasury Minute response appears against two or more PAC recommendations. This is not an input error, but rather results from the common practice of drafting a single Treasury Minute response to cover a group of PAC recommendations.

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Usage and Copyright

Anyone using the output of the search facility provided with respect to the database of recommendations does so at their own risk.  In particular, the National Audit Office does not warrant the completeness of any search, nor that it will reveal all recommendations or reports relevant to the user's search criteria.

Copyright for Treasury Minute and Committee of Public Accounts Recommendations

Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

Parliamentary copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office on behalf of Parliament.