The total amount paid to Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries in each financial year since 2000 is set out in the following table:
£ 2000-01 26,365,741 2001-02 42,377,830 2002-03 27,050,920 2003-04 35,895,108 2004-05 211,887,690 2005-06 198,944,409 2006-07 114,262,373 2007-08 96,520,046
The expenditure relates to payments recorded in the Department’s integrated financial information system and credited against Capita Group plc or its subsidiaries. The figure for 2007-08 is for amounts credited up to December 2007.
A complete answer to the question which contracts were awarded by his Department to Capita Group plc in each year from 2000-01 to the latest available date; what the cost was of each contract; what the length was of each contract could be supplied only at disproportionate cost as the Department does not maintain a central record of all contracts.
I can tell you, however, from the records that the Department does hold on Capita and its subsidiaries the following information on contracts (this may not be a comprehensive list):
Contract Year let Contract length (year) Contract value (£ million) Individual Learning Accounts 2000-01 15 55 Connexions Card 2001-02 26 l09 Education Maintenance Allowances 2003-04 35 48 Teachers' Pensions 2003-04 7 61 Management Consultancy Framework 2003-04 5 4— London Challenge 2004-05 1 0.1 National Strategies 2005-06 5 180 Criminal Records Bureau checking service for Day Care providers 2005-06 5 4— Children’s Services Improvement Framework 2006-07 4 4— Project Management Framework for Academies 2007-08 4 4— Special Educational Needs Framework 2007-08 3 4— 1 Terminated October 2002 2 Terminated August 2006 3 Contract novated to Learning and Skills Council April 2005 4 This is a framework agreement and the value of the overall contract is dependant on the number of individual contracts awarded to Capita.
Project management and construction project management services for Academies let in 2004 for a period of 4 years (these are framework agreements and the value of the overall contract is dependant on the number of individual contracts awarded to Capita);
The supply of interim personnel and consultants for the Office of the Schools Commissioner (OSC). Information on contracts is supplied as follows (this may not be a comprehensive list).
Contract Year let Contract length (year) Contract value (£ million) Local Authority Liaison 2006 2 0.75 Sponsor brokerage 2006 1.5 0.34 Sponsor brokerage 2007 1 0.29
An answer to the questions what penalties for default were imposed on contract provisions; whether the contract was advertised; how many companies applied for the contract; how many were short-listed; what criteria were used for choosing a company; what provision was made for renewal without re-tender in each case; could be provided only at disproportionate costs.