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Capita

Volume 472: debated on Monday 3 March 2008

To ask the Solicitor-General how much was paid by her Department to Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries in each financial year since 2000; which contracts were awarded by her Department to Capita Group plc in each year from 2000-01 to the most recent available date; what the cost was of each contract; what penalties for default were imposed in contract provisions; what the length was of each contract; 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; and if she will make a statement. (180698)

The amounts paid by the Law Officers’ Departments to Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries are shown in the following table.

AGO

CPS

HMCPSI

RCPO

SFO

T Sol

Total

2000-01

6,193

148,000

340

92,970

247,503

2001-02

6,960

456,000

10,460

247,778

721,198

2002-03

0

542,000

3,954

556,171

1,102,125

2003-04

-402

1,679,000

28,649

1,090

324,130

2,032,467

2004-05

1,570

627,000

70,693

16,500

274,118

989,881

2005-06

0

527,000

22,768

45,180

175,116

151,829

921,893

2006-07

0

594,000

41,170

109,831

740,987

57,912

1,543,900

Total

14,321

4,573,000

163,280

155,011

948,447

1,704,908

7,558,967

With regard to the remaining questions, the services of Capita Group plc are used for a variety of purposes, including: storage facilities, conference fees, temporary staff, recruitment activity, training, consultancy and occupational health services by the Law Officers’ Departments, but there is no central record held that allows the relevant information to be obtained, save at a disproportionate cost.