Local authority funding for private finance initiative (PFI) projects

Authority PFI credits approved (£m) contract signature Current project status Contractor

Isle of Wight*

13

Signed 1997/98

Operational

Biffa

Hereford & Worcester*
(PDF 30 KB)

57.4

Signed 1998/99

Operational

Focsa

Kirklees*
(PDF 30 KB)

33.9

Signed 1997/98

Operational

Sita

South Gloucestershire*
(PDF 30 KB)

34.3

Signed 1999/00

Operational

Sita

Surrey*
(PDF 30 KB)

85.5

Signed 1999/00

Operational

Sita

Central Berkshire^
(PDF 30 KB)

37

Signed 2006/07

Operational

WRG

ELWA
(PDF 30 KB)

47

Signed 2002/03

Operational

Shanks

East Sussex, Brighton & Hove

49

Signed 2002/03

Operational

Onyx

Leicester City
(PDF 30 KB)

30.84

Signed 2003/04

Operational

Biffa

West Sussex

25

Signed 2003/04

Operational

Viridor

West Berkshire
(PDF 30 KB)

23.74 [+ 4.75];
Total 28.49

Signed 2007/08

In construction

Veolia

Cornwall
(PDF 30 KB)

25 + [4.9] + {15.1}; Total 45

Signed 2006/07

Operational

Sita

Nottinghamshire
(PDF 30 KB)

31.93 [+6.38];
Total 38.31

Signed 2006/07

Operational

Veolia

Lancashire
(PDF 30 KB)

75 [+15];
Total 90

Signed 2006/07

Operational

Global Renewables

Northumberland
(PDF 30 KB)

34 [+6.8]
Total 40.8

Signed 2006/07

Operational

Sita

Shropshire Waste Partnership
(PDF 30 KB)

35.8 [+5]
Total 40.8

Signed 2007/08

Operational

Veolia

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
(PDF 20 KB)

33

Approved December 2004

In procurement

VT Environmental Engineering

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
(PDF 20 KB)

100 [+9.5] + [15]
Total 124.5

Signed 2009/10

Construction

Virridor Laing

London Borough of Southwark
(PDF 30 KB)

34.5

Signed 2007/08

In construction

Veolia

Cambridgeshire County Council
(PDF 30 KB)

35

Signed 2007/08

In construction

Donarbon

Cheshire County Council
(PDF 20 KB)

40

Approved May 2006

In procurement

Not yet selected

MWDA (external website)

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (PDF 20 KB)

90

Approved April 2007

In procurement

Not yet selected

North Yorkshire County Council & City of York Council
(PDF 30 KB)

65

Approved July 2007

In procurement

Not yet selected

Leeds City Council (external website)

Leeds (PDF 20 KB)

68.6

Approved March 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Suffolk County Council (external website)

Suffolk (PDF 20 KB)

102

Approved March 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Bradford (PDF 20 KB)

62.1

Approved March 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham** (PDF 20 KB)

77.4

Approved March 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

South Tyne & Wear (external site)

South Tyne & Wear (PDF 20 KB)

 73.5

Approved July 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Staffordshire (external site)

Staffordshire (PDF 20 KB)

 122.4

Approved July 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Leicestershire (external site)

Leicestershire (PDF 20 KB)

86.6

Approved October 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

South West Devon Waste Partnership (external website)

South West Devon Waste Partnership (PDF 20 KB)

95

Approved October 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Gloucestershire (external website)

Gloucestershire (PDF 40 KB)

92

Approved November 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire (external website)

Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire (PDF 100 KB)

138

Approved November 2008

In procurement

Not yet selected

Hertfordshire (External website)

Hertfordshire (PDF 75 KB)

115.3

Approved March 2009

In procurement

Not yet selected

Norfolk (PDF, external website)

Norfolk (PDF 90 KB)

91

Approved March 2009

In procurement

Not yet selected

South London Waste Partnership (PDF, external website)

SLWP (PDF 67 KB)

112.9

Approved March 2009

In procurement

Not yet selected

Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull (external website)

129.1

Approved June 2009

In procurement

Not yet selected

Essex (external website)

Essex (PDF 60 KB)

100.9 Approved October 2009 Pre-OJEU Not yet selected

* Pre SR2000 allocation
^ Comprising of Reading Borough Council, Wokingham Council and Bracknell Forest Borough Council
† North Yorkshire CC lead
** Barnsley lead

PFI pipeline projects

Authority

Current project status

Round

North London Waste Authority
(external site)

Outline business case submitted

4

Page last modified: 13 January 2010
Page published: 5 February 2003