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BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE
Resources
A number of key references and sources are given below. In addition many of the documents below
and other materials are available on both the APSE and UNISON websites:
http://www.apse.org.uk
http://www.unison.org.uk
UNISON
Positively Public Briefing, August 2005 - Campaign News; PFI companies lack capacity to deliver
projects; Scotland weighs PFI risks; Good Practice; Reports.
PFI: Against the Public Interest July 2004. The report analyses the failings of the government’s
private finance initiative and public private partnerships, highlighting high profile contracts which have
failed and PFI companies, such as Ballast which went into receivership.
What’s wrong with PFI in schools – A PFI report for UNISON September 2003.
UNISON guide to the Best Value Code of Practice on Workforce Matters in Local/Police Authority Service
Contracts, July 2003.
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B840.pdf
Freedom of Information Factsheet available from UNISON Bargaining Support Group or on the web at:
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B1803.pdf
Negotiating and Campaigning with the Freedom of Information Acts, UNISON
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B1959.pdf
APSE
APSE (2002) The Involvement of DLOs and DSOs in Local Authority PFI Schemes 2002”, APSE,
Manchester.
APSE (2003) Staffing Matters in PPP – Technical Guidance Note on Scoping of Services and In-House
Bids, Briefing 20-02, Manchester.
APSE Briefing 04/32: Response to the Partnership for Schools on the Proposed Local Education
Partnership Model as part of Building Schools for the Future.
APSE Briefing 13/03: Building Schools for the Future: A New Approach to Capital Investment.
Audit Commission
Audit Commission (2003) PFI in Schools: Findings from Early Schemes, London.
Centre for Public Services
Centre for Public Services (2004), Exclusion of Soft Services from BSF-PFI Contracts
Centre for Public Services (2003) What Frontline Staff say about Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships,
(for UNISON), Sheffield.
Centre for Public Services (2004) BSF Briefing No. 1, for Tyne and Wear UNISON, GMB, NUT and
NASUWT, May, Sheffield.
Centre for Public Services (2004) BSF Briefing No 2, Trade Union and Community Strategy, for Tyne and
Wear UNISON, GMB, NUT and NASUWT August, Sheffield.