Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total private finance initiative liabilities of his Department are for the next 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
The Departmental Group is involved in two private finance initiatives; an IT infrastructure initiative managed by the Insolvency Service, and a Research Ship managed by the Natural Environment Research Council. The table below sets out the annual unitary payments for the next 20 years as at 31 March 2014.
Project  | 2014-15 £m  | 2015-16 £m  | 2016-17 £m  | 2017-18 £m  | 2018-19 £m  | 2019-20 £m  | Total £m  | 
Research Ship  | 2.2  | 1.6  | 1.6  | 1.6  | 1.6  | 0.6  | 9.2  | 
IT Infrastructure  | 2.4  | 2.3  | 2.2  | 2.0  | 2.0  | 0.2  | 11.1  | 
Total  | 4.6  | 3.9  | 3.8  | 3.6  | 3.6  | 0.8  | 20.3 
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