The Northern Ireland Office and its agencies outsourced the following services which had previously been provided in-house in the Northern Ireland Office:
Campaign Department 2004-05 Internal Promotion Campaign NI Prison Service External Recruitment Campaign NI Prison Service Wide Area Network Management IT Infrastructure 2005-06 Internal Promotion Campaign NI Prison Service External Recruitment Campaign NI Prison Service Wide Area Network Management IT Infrastructure Gardening Hillsborough Castle 2006-07 Internal Promotion Campaign NI Prison Service External Recruitment Campaign NI Prison Service HR transactional functions Except NI Prison Service Wide Area Network Management IT Infrastructure Gardening Hillsborough Castle 2007-08 Internal Promotion Campaign NI Prison Service External Recruitment Campaign NI Prison Service HR transactional functions Except NI Prison Service Wide Area Network Management IT Infrastructure Cleaning Services Forensic Science NI Gardening Hillsborough Castle Security services New Juvenile Justice Centre 2008-09 Internal Promotion Campaign NI Prison Service External Recruitment Campaign NI Prison Service HR transactional functions Except NI Prison Service Wide Area Network Management IT Infrastructure Cleaning Services Forensic Science NI Gardening Hillsborough Castle Security Services New Juvenile Justice Centre
In making a decision to outsource the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies are mindful of their responsibility to achieve efficiencies and be cost-effective.