3.1The Scottish Executive:

Private Finance Unit
The Scottish Executive
3-C23 Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Fax: 0131 244 7499

Unit Head
John Henderson: 0131 244 7497

Deputy Head
Stephen Woodhouse: 0131 244 7501

Contact
Gita Jackson: 0131 244 7873

Enquiries
Fiona McLellan : 0131 244 7500

The Unit is the ‘first stop’ source of advice and data on the PFI in relation to programmes managed directly by The Scottish Executive, its agencies and other public bodies, and on the use of PFI by local authorities.

Guidance specific to the use of PFI in the health sector is available from:

Private Finance and Capital Unit
Room 357A St Andrew’s House
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Fax: 0131 244 3993
Contact:- Ross Scott: 0131 244 2076

Other Scottish Executive contacts are:

Energy Efficiency
Contact - Allan Mackie: 0131 244 7130
Enterprise networks:
Contact – Micahel Lowndes: 0131 244 7577
Fire Service
Contact - Bill Giles: 0131 244 2163
Further education
Contact - Riona Bell: 0131 244 0265
Higher education
Contact - David Ferguson: 0131 244 0385
Housing
Contact - Douglas Hamilton: 0131 244 5570
Local government finance
Contact - Frank Duffy: 0131 244 7054
Local government projects
Contact - Private Finance Unit: 0131 244 7500
or COSLA 4Ps Unit: 0131 474 9232
Police
Contact - Brendan O’Connor: 0131 244 2143
Schools
Contact - Graeme Stuart: 0131 244 0944
Scottish Executive IT Systems
Contact : 0131 244 5749
Transport (excluding roads)
Contact - John Dowie: 0131 244 0840
Trunk roads
Contact - Vacant: 0131 244 7275
Water and sewerage
Contact - James Hynd: 0131 244 0258

Specialist advice is also available from The Scottish Executive to public bodies in the following areas (although organisations linked to The Scottish Executive should contact their sponsoring divisions in the first instance):

Economic advice and statistics
Contact – Charles Stewart Roper : 0131 244 0876
Estate services
Contact - Anthony Andrew: 0131 244 7943
Planning
Contact – Alan Cameron: 0131 244 7065
Purchasing and procurement
Contact - Barry Graham: 0131 244 3522

3.2 HM Treasury Taskforce

Chief Executive Projects
Adrian Montague
Chief Executive Projects
Room 22/G
Parliament Street
LONDON
SW1P 3AG
Tel: 0171 270 4701
Fax: 0171 270 5760

Head of Private Finance Policy Team
Tim Wilson
Room 20/G
Parliament Street
LONDON SW1P 3AG
Tel: 0171 270 4702
Fax: 0171 389 9739

Policy Helpdesk
Room 19/G
Parliament Street
LONDON
SW1P 3AG
Tel: 0171 270 5527
Fax: 0171 389 9739

IT Issues
Scottish contact
Andy Carty: 0171 238 4756

3.3 Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)

PFI Contact:-
Dawn Burrows
Rosebery House
9 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5XZ
Phone: 0131 474 9232
Fax: 0131 474 9292

COSLA provides information and advice to Scottish local authorities on issues relating to public/private partnerships and the PFI, and helps Scottish Councils to identify and initiate PFI projects.

3.5 Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps) Unit for England & Wales

35 Great Smith Street
Westminster
London SW1P 3BJ

Chief Executive
Peter Fanning: 0171 664 3144

Enquiries
Dominique Shaw: 0171 664 3145

Fax: 0171 664 3178

The Unit was established by the local authority associations in England and Wales as a source of independent advice and assistance for local authorities in progressing PFI and other public/private partnership schemes.

The PFI Journal [£250 pa*. Circulation contact: 0161 476 3333/Fax 0161 292 3016]
Government Opportunities [£180 p.a. UK source of Government service contracts. Main monthly issue contains contract notices, contract awards, articles and information pertaining to Private Finance, Best Value and all areas of Government Procurement. Weekly contract notice supplements available in paper or disk format.]

For further information contact:
Government Opportunities
BiP Ltd
15 Woodlands Terrace
Glasgow G3 6DF
Tel: 0141 332 8247
Fax: 0141 332 2792/2652
E-mail: bip@bipcontracts.com
Web site: www.bipcontracts.com

New Civil Engineer Magazine [£98 pa Subscription contact: 0171 505 6619]
The PFI Report [£445 p.a. Subscription contact: 0171 292 3713]
PFI Intelligence Bulletin [£425 pa. Subscription contact: 0171 827 6110]*

The Journal is available free of charge to all public sector bodies.

+ The prices of these publications may alter over time, and there may be special rates available in some instances. Please check on application.

5.1 Treasury - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Contains details of Treasury Taskforce publications / Press Releases etc
Treasury’s Private Finance Taskforce -http://www.hm-treasury-projects-taskforce.gov.uk
5.2 Central IT Unit - http://www.open.gov.uk/citu/pfi/pfihome/htm
Includes summaries of IT PFI contracts and a list of PFI publications.
5.3 The Scottish Executive - http://www.scotland.gov.uk

Enquiries about the PFI in relation to the activities of specific public sector bodies may also be addressed to the relevant organisations themselves. Examples include:

Forestry Commission
Contact - Edward Arthurs: 0131 334 0303
Historic Scotland
Contact - Leslie Wilson: 0131 668 8874
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
Contact - Bill Wheeler: 01786 459516
Scottish Courts Administration
Contact - David Stewart: 0131 221 6817
Scottish Court Service
Contact - Nicola Bennett: 0131 221 6849
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Contact - John Roddin: 0131 244 6265
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC)
Contact - Martin Kirkwood: 0131 313 6583
Scottish Homes
Contact - John Breslin: 0131 313 0044
Scottish Prison Service
Contact - Christine Carlin: 0131 244 8477