To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 154W, on deportation: private sector, with which three operators the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has contracts; and how much UKBA spent on those contracts in 2008. (278597)

The UK Border Agency has contracts with G4S Justice and Care Services, Serco Home Affairs and Molynes International Security to escort individuals who are being removed from the United Kingdom. The value of contracts between the UK Border Agency and its escorting suppliers is commercially sensitive and cannot therefore be disclosed.