HC Deb 12 December 1994 vol 251 cc480-1W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those services that have been market-tested by his Department and won by the private sector, indicating the organisation that won the tender and its value.

Miss Widdecombe

The information requested is given in the following table, in line with the code of practice on access to Government information under the citizen's charter initiative. Information on individual tender values is commercially sensitive and cannot be provided, but aggregated total values for the different parts of the Employment Department group are included.

1992–93 Programme
Activity Winning organisation Value
Employment Department
Van services Inter Departmental Despatch Services
Parcel Force
Travel services Wagon Lits Travel
Estates services Serco Hadens Facilities Management
Security-Runcorn Pegasus Security Group
Security-London Pegasus Security Group
Reprographics HMSO
Payroll Services Chessington Computer Centre
Employment Department Total £6,748,212
Employment Service
Travel services Wagon Lits Travel
Forms supply management/distribution Meads of Nottingham Lynx
Employment Rehabilitation courses 400 organisations at regional and local level. Records not held centrally.

1992–93 Programme
Activity Winning organization Value
Jobclubs JHP Training
Midas
Y Training
Financial management training Unicorn
Employment Service Total £11,553,327
Health and Safety Executive
Publications distribution Procog Ltd.
Dillons Bookshops
Graphics Snapz Presentations
Print unit 22 external printers invited to bid for work on a job-by-job basis
Security Sigma Security
Neptune Security
Estates Management Henry Boot
Turpy Management
McBain Cooper
Thorburn Calhoun
Serco Services
Health and Safety Executive Total £3,493,632
Total 1992–93 Programme £21,795,171

1993–94 Programme
Activity Winning organization Value £
Employment Department
Office Services: Records Management Rockall Data Services
Employment Department Total 926,277
Employment Service
Field Staff Training: First Aid Red Cross
Field Staff Training: Management and People Development Manchester College of Art and Technology
Buildings maintenance and new works Simons Facilities Management plc Graham and Sibbald Peter, Fall Cowie Associates HSB Partners Drivers, Jonas WS Atkins Procord Ltd. Watts and Partners
Employment Service Total 3,640,733
Total 1993–94 Programme 4,567,010

Note:

The values given in the tables are derived from the successful bid prices on an annual basis.

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