Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times representatives of his Department have met with Interserve to discuss that company's performance in contracts with his Department since September 2017.

For the Total Facilities Management contract covering the probation estate which was in place during period Sept 17 – Jan 18, MoJ representatives meet with Interserve on a monthly basis to review performance.

For the new Hard Facilities Management contract which commenced in January 2018, there are weekly checkpoint meetings which are operationally focused, reviewing: open orders; issues from last week; risks; Defect Notices, and identifying items for escalation to the monthly Commercial and Operations board which will be the main forum for the review of supplier performance.