§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list(a) the names of all the private security firms currently employed by his Department, (b) the number of 752W employees for each firm on the contract, (c) the total value of each contract and (d) the total value of all contracts for each financial year since 1984–85.
§ Mr. FreemanAt present Thorn Security Ltd. and Centuryan Security Ltd. hold contracts to guard some of our headquarters buildings. The number of guards employed, the value of each contract and the total value of all contracts for each financial year since 1984–85, is information which I am not at liberty to reveal because it relates to the security of our buildings and is a matter of commercial and contractual confidentiality.