Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her planned expansion of tagging capabilities will be managed under the current tagging contract.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The current contracts for the delivery of the electronic monitoring service have the capacity to manage the proposed increase in demand.
The Procurement of Electronic Monitoring was conducted by the previous Government in 2023. It was conducted in line with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook (version May 2021) where all bids were fully and appropriately evaluated, including capacity, resulting in Serco being confirmed as the winning bid for the Field and Monitoring Service contract.
The Public Contracts Regulations allow suppliers to be excluded from bidding for new contracts in certain circumstances, such as certain criminal offences and previous poor performance. Serco and Allied Universal (G4S) complied with all of the requirements and standards set out in legislation and on that basis, they were entitled to bid for this contract.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what due diligence was undertaken before reappointing Serco and G4S for electronic monitoring services.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The current contracts for the delivery of the electronic monitoring service have the capacity to manage the proposed increase in demand.
The Procurement of Electronic Monitoring was conducted by the previous Government in 2023. It was conducted in line with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook (version May 2021) where all bids were fully and appropriately evaluated, including capacity, resulting in Serco being confirmed as the winning bid for the Field and Monitoring Service contract.
The Public Contracts Regulations allow suppliers to be excluded from bidding for new contracts in certain circumstances, such as certain criminal offences and previous poor performance. Serco and Allied Universal (G4S) complied with all of the requirements and standards set out in legislation and on that basis, they were entitled to bid for this contract.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 46820 on Electronic Tagging: Standards, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the capacity of Serco to deliver on its contract.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The current contracts for the delivery of the electronic monitoring service have the capacity to manage the proposed increase in demand.
The Procurement of Electronic Monitoring was conducted by the previous Government in 2023. It was conducted in line with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook (version May 2021) where all bids were fully and appropriately evaluated, including capacity, resulting in Serco being confirmed as the winning bid for the Field and Monitoring Service contract.
The Public Contracts Regulations allow suppliers to be excluded from bidding for new contracts in certain circumstances, such as certain criminal offences and previous poor performance. Serco and Allied Universal (G4S) complied with all of the requirements and standards set out in legislation and on that basis, they were entitled to bid for this contract.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of ethical standards in business practice at (a) Capita, (b) Serco, (c) G4S and (d) Clearsprings when undertaking outsourced UK Government contracts.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
We expect the highest standards of business ethics from all suppliers. The Government will bring forward a new National Procurement Policy Statement under the Procurement Act that will deliver a mission-led procurement regime. It will drive value for money, economic growth and social value.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) current and (b) expired contracts were agreed for the operation of each prison in the last 10 years; who the providers were for each contract; and what the (i) start and (ii) end date was for each contract.
Answered by Edward Argar
The information requested is provided in the table below.
Expired | Five Wells | Parc | Lowdham Grange | Fosse Way | Altcourse |
Contractor | n/a (new build) | Bridgend Custodial Services Ltd (G4S Operator) | Serco | n/a (new build) | Fazakerley Prison Services Ltd (G4S Operator) |
Commencement Date (Signed Date) | 04-Jan-96 | 07-Nov-96 | 20-Dec-95 | ||
Services Commencement Date | 15-Dec-97 | 16-Feb-98 | 01-Dec-97 | ||
Contract End Date | 14-Dec-22 | 15-Feb-23 | 31-May-23 | ||
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Existing | Five Wells | Parc | Lowdham Grange | Fosse Way | Altcourse |
Contractor | G4S | G4S | Sodexo | Serco | Sodexo |
Commencement Date (Signed Date) | 20-Nov-20 | 14-Jun-22 | 12-Aug-22 | 15-Feb-22 | 22-Dec-22 |
Services Commencement Date | 04-Feb-22 | 15-Dec-22 | 16-Feb-23 | 29-May-23 | 01-Jun-23 |
Contract End Date | 03-Feb-32 | 14-Dec-32 | 15-Feb-33 | 28-May-33 | 31-May-33 |
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which providers his Department has awarded national employment support contracts to in the last five years.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
The following Prime organisations have been awarded national employment support contracts in the last 5 years.
Capita Group Plc
Fedcap Employment Limited
G4S Facilities Management (UK) Ltd.
Ingeus UK Ltd
Jobs 22 Ltd
MAXIMUS UK Services Limited
Reed in Partnership
Seetec Pluss Ltd
Serco Group
Shaw Trust
The Growth Company Ltd
Tracing Services Limited
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has awarded contracts to Capita worth approximately £2.7 million in 2020; and approximately £61,000 in 2021.
DIT has not awarded any contracts to Serco or G4S since 2020.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
Answered by Will Quince
Following a search of the department’s records, the total value of contracts held by (a) G4S (b) Serco and (c) Capita is as below:
Supplier | Value of contracts 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020 | Value of contracts 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021 | Value of contracts 01/01/2022 to 30/06/2022 |
G4S | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Serco | £4,000,000 | £856,375 | £856,375 |
Capita | £28,056,759 | £35,816,679 | £32,690,536 |
To note, the total value of the contract listed above is pro-rata over the length of the contract, using annualised contract values.
Details of government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on Contracts Finder available here: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
Answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury
There have been two contracts held by the department with Capita since 2020, with a total value of £118,000. There have been no other contracts held since 2020 with G4S or Serco.
Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on Contracts Finder.