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Scottish councils face rising PFI debt, spending £555M yearly on school projects, with total costs exceeding £14.8B by 2042.
Scottish councils have paid over £7.7 billion on PFI school projects since 2000, with £6.9 billion still owed, and will spend £555 million this year alone.
Total costs are expected to exceed £14.8 billion by 2042, more than four times the value of the school buildings.
Payments, peaking around 2030, are straining education budgets, affecting teacher hiring, transport, and special needs funding.
Though the SNP has replaced PFI with new models like the Learning Estate Investment Programme, many councils still face decades of payments, with some not finishing until 2041.
Critics argue the contracts offer poor value, with profits and costs lacking transparency, and parents worry financial pressures drive school closures and staffing cuts.
Los consejos escoceses se enfrentan a un aumento de la deuda de las IFP, gastando 555 millones de libras esterlinas anuales en proyectos escolares, con costos totales que superarán los 14.800 millones de libras esterlinas en 2042.