Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
(asked on 4th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of all (a) maintenance contracts, (b) contractors and (c) contract (i) costs and (ii) lengths across the prison estate.
Maintenance contracts for the prison estate with the details requested are set out in the table below:
Maintenance Contract | Contractor | Current Annual Contract Cost | Contract Length |
Prison FM Contract- 1305 | Amey Community Ltd | £55.5m | June 2015 to March 26 |
Prison FM Contract - 1306 | Amey Community Ltd | £49.7m | June 2015 to March 26 |
Prison FM Contract - 12631 | Mitie Care & Custody Ltd | £3.5m | February 2012 to March 26 |
In addition to the contracts shown in the above table, maintenance activities are also undertaken by the Ministry of Justice’s wholly owned company, GFSL, who operate under a Memorandum of Understanding. GFSL provide maintenance for around 50 prison establishments across the South of England with an annual value of £88.3m.
All suppliers play a critical role in maintaining capacity and ensuring our prisons are safe and decent.
We ensure value of money by regularly benchmarking different elements of the service.