§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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. LangThe information is set out in the table.
Year Number of firms Annual value of contracts Number of guards 1984–85 1 68,384 2.0 1985–86 1 70,468 2.0 1986–87 3 261,306 20.0 1987–88 3 294,229 20.0 1988–89 4 515,982 46.5 1989–90 4 740,430 66.0 1990–91 4 925,331 86.0 1991–92 8 1,042,070 84.0 1992–93 8 1,079,105 88.0 1993–94 11 1,255,769 95.0