§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many private security firms have been employed by his Department for each of the last 10 years; what has been the annual value of the contracts; and if he will estimate how many guards have been employed for each of those years.
§ Mr. NorrisThe Department's property managers have been able to provide the following information. Complete records are not available for the earlier years.
Contracts Guards Annual value £ 1994–95 123 135 1758,709 1993–94 27 40 796,274 1992–93 22 32 729,085 1991–92 19 35 724,579 1990–91 18 33 540,165 1989–90 10 20 565,165 1988–89 n/a n/a 456,242 1987–88 n/a n/a 334,180 1986–87 n/a n/a 296,191 1985–86 n/a n/a 244,394 1984–85 n/a n/a 190,521 1 Estimate for 1994–95.