Department for Education: Contracts

(asked on 3rd November 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on contracts with (a) Serco, (b) Capita and (c) G4S in each of the past three years.


Answered by
Paul Waugh Portrait
Paul Waugh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 10th November 2026

The table below sets out the department’s expenditure on contracts with Capita group companies and Serco in the 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27 financial years. Figures for 2026/27 are to 3 November 2026.

The department recorded no expenditure on contracts with G4S during this period.

Supplier

Contract

2024/25 financial year

2025/26 financial year

2026/27 financial year

Capita Business Services Ltd

CON_10145 2021 Full Induction Programme cohort of the National Roll-Out of the Early Career Framework

£277.73

£0.00

£0.00

CON_12594 Turing Scheme Administration Services

£1,426,638.44

£0.00

£0.00

CON_14127 2022 cohort of the Early Career Framework

£210,913.60

£0.00

£0.00

CON_18207 Flexible Working Programme

£187,749.48

£202,236.06

£0.00

CON_2001 TPS Administration Services contract 2011-2025

£13,283,118.42

£39,020,732.31

£28,633,334.16

Capita Employee Benefits Ltd

CON_2001 TPS Administration Services contract 2011-2025

£19,826,129.15

£4,555,613.14

£0.00

Capita PLC

CON_2001 TPS Administration Services contract 2011-2025

£2,876,314.46

£0.00

£0.00

Serco Ltd

CON_30914 L4 Bursary Pilot for Delivery of L4 Diploma in School Business Management

£0.00

£88,400.00

£0.00

Total

£37,811,141.28

£43,866,981.51

£28,633,334.16

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