en English Newcastle Street Lighting PFI Project European Services Strategy Unit : Outsourcing/PPP Library : Private Finance Initiative and Public Private Partnerships :Newcastle Street Lighting PFI Project The report questions the basis on which community benefits have been calculated, in particular the reduction in road accidents and crime reduction. It concludes that value for money is not proven because the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) option has been manipulated by the inclusion of over £16m of efficiency savings, PFI savings and risk costs either added to the Public Sector Comparator (PSC) or subtracted from the PFI option. (October 2001) Dexter Whitfield European Services Strategy Unit, Duagh, Camp, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. PFI PPP Private Finance Initiative Public Private Partnerships street lighting Newcastle efficiency savings affordability risks value for money Public Sector Comparator road accidents crime reduction Community OrganisationsGovernment BodiesTrade Unions Private Finance Initiative and Public Private Partnerships XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition) Level Double-A Conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit text/html HTML 2008-03-28T15:11:03Z Created 2008-03-28T15:13:44Z Modified