Departments: Remploy

Danny Alexander
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost.

Mr. Ingram
Central records indicate that the Ministry of Defence had six directly placed contracts with Remploy that remained extant at some time during the last 12 months. They related to services and products involving the manufacture and supply of combat clothing (including nuclear biological and chemical suits, headover and inner-knitted overalls). The value and costs of each contract are commercially confidential. However, the value band of each contract is indicated in the following table:

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|Category                 |Contract date  |Contract number|
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|Below £100,000           |31 January 2007|S&ADC/6758 |
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|£5,000,000 to £10,000,000|11 August 2005 |DC1AESL/0237   |
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|£5,000,000 to £10,000,000|13 April 2004  |DC1AESL/0127   |
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|£100,000 to £500,000     |29 March 2004  |DC1AESL/0111   |
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|Below £100,000           |5 January 2004 |COMM3A/4071    |
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|£100,000 to £500,000     |2 July 1998    |SMC11CR/6340   |
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