Ms Maria McLoughlin:

It would be fair to say that public-private partnerships, are relatively new in this country, and my colleague may add a further comment on this. The ongoing review and post-project initiating management of them is something we are developing and of which we are getting more experience. The NDFA, the experts who advise Departments on projects, has begun to do more of that in terms of looking back on the projects that have begun. As the Deputy said, the UK has 770 PPPs compared to-----