Departmental Contracts for Services

Bob Spink
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Jonathan Shaw
The Department for Work and Pensions has outsourced the following services in the last five years:

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|Year outsourced|Service outsourced              |Agency                                |
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|2009           |Contact centre overflow services|Pension, Disability and Carers Service|
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|2009           |Contact centre overflow services|Jobcentre Plus                        |
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