Electronic Tagging: Contracts
(asked on 29th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies his Department has contracted to deliver electronic tagging services; and what the (a) value and (b) duration is of each of those contracts.
Electronic monitoring is a vital tool in protecting the public by robustly monitoring offenders in the community and defendants on bail. Electronic Monitoring provides a proportionate and value-for-money alternative to prison in support of the subjects’ journey through rehabilitation.
The Electronic Monitoring service is delivered through contracts with the following suppliers:
Supplier | Service | Contract Duration | Contract Value | Forecast spend over the life of the contract |
Capita Business Services | Electronic Monitoring - Field Services (Bridge Services Contract) | 6 years from 01/02/2015 | £309,600,000 | £219,000,000 (Average: £36.5m per annum) |
G4S Monitoring Technologies | G4S Electronic Monitoring Hardware (BAU) | 04/11/2016-03/11/2019 | £15,000,000 | £12,900,000 (Average: £4.3m per annum) |
Telefonica UK Ltd | Electronic Monitoring - Network | 6 years 10 months from 01/08/2014 | £3,200,000 | £3,000,000 (Average: £440k per annum) |