Based on the purchase order data held in the Home Department’s financial database, the details of the payments made to (a) the Labour party, (b) Biometix (c) Information Risk Management plc, (d) Good Relations Ltd. and (e) Marks and Spencer Lunch to Go in 2007-08 are as follows:
Supplier/organisation Date Description of purchase Value (£) The Labour party 25 October 2007 Provision of Security at Annual Labour Conference 2006. This was a further payment in relation to costs that had not been submitted at the time of the initial conference 11,748.73 The Labour party 25 October 2007 Provision of security at Annual Labour Conference 2007 1,267,359.00
In accordance with section 170 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, the Home Office reimburses security costs incurred by political parties provided that this is accompanied by a letter from the Chief Officer of Police for the host area confirming that the security measures are justified.
Supplier/organisation Date Description of purchase Value (£) Biometix 25 March 2008 Tool for analyzing Biometric data. Performix PC Desktop Licence with 12 months support 4,990.00 Information Risk Management plc 26 March 2008 To conduct an IT Healthcheck on security of Criminal Justice Xhibit portal. This involved internal and external penetration tests to assess vulnerability 14,080.00 Good Relations Ltd. 13 April 2007 Provision of weekly news summaries to the Office of Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) and Criminal Justice Technology (CJIT), now MOJ 46,978.00 Marks and Spencer Lunch to Go 18 June 2007 Working lunch 137.29 Marks and Spencer Lunch to Go 25 June 2007 Working lunch for external Swedish visitors attending meeting 77.87 Marks and Spencer Lunch to Go 23 July 2007 Working lunch for PSA/APACS event paid for by Police and Crime Standards Directorate (PCSD) 164.75 Marks and Spencer Lunch to Go 7 August 2008 Working lunch 331.20
In the last three years the Home Department and its Executive agencies have not incurred any nugatory bid costs from suppliers where tender processes have been cancelled prior to the award of contract.