Question follow-through · 20774

Roads: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments her Department has made to Birmingham City Council in support of the Birmingham roads PFI contract in each financial year from 2020-21 to 2024-25; and what was the total value of payments to the p

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 17 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 6 Jan 2025
Answer: 6 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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17 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments her Department has made to Birmingham City Council in support of the Birmingham roads PFI contract in each financial year from 2020-21 to 2024-25; and what was the total value of payments to the p
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department has paid Birmingham City Council (BCC) a little over £50 million a year, broken down into quarterly payments of £12.6 million, from 2020-21 to 2024-25 in support of its PFI contract for its local highways. Payments from the council to its p...

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