§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the number of private security firms currently employed by his Department, the number of employees for each firm on the contract, the total value of each contract and the total value of all contracts for each financial year since 1984–85.
§ Mr. LeighThis Department, including its executive agencies, currently has contracts with seven private security guarding companies. The numbers employed by each company on DTI sites are as follows: Thorn Security Services Limited (36 guards), Centuryan Security Ltd (18). Chubb Wardens Ltd (23), Euroguard Ltd (10), Securiguard Services Ltd (7). Mint Security Ltd (3), and Sterling Guards Ltd (2). The value of each contract is commercially confidential information. The total values (excluding VAT) for all contracts for the financial years 1984–85 to 1988–89 were published in theOfficial Report column 612, on 20 February 1990. The final figure for 1989–90 (estimated in the earlier answer) was £1,325,220; and for 1990–91, £1,678,930.