§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. CurrySeven private security firms are currently employed. One firm provides 10 guards under three contracts, another five guards under two contracts and the rest each supply one guard. Contracts are not necessarily
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Number of confirmed cases Month of onset of clinical signs Total 3 years and under Over three years Unknown age 1990 January 781 14 749 18 February 1,252 14 1,200 38 March 1,131 5 1,095 31 made by financial years but our calculation of the total value of all the contracts in each financial year is as follows:
£'000 1984–85 170 1985–86 277 1986–87 297 1987–88 312 1988–89 329 1989–90 358 1990–91 469 In keeping with normal commercial practice it would not be appropriate to give the value of each individual contract.