§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contracts the Metropolitan Police have entered into with Higgins Developments Ltd., for the building or refurbishment of police stations; and for what value. [76632]
§ Kate HoeyThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that neither the Metropolitan Police Service nor the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District has entered into a contract with Higgins Development Ltd. After competition, undertaken by external consultants, the Receiver has entered into a contract with Higgins Homes Ltd., a subsidiary company of Higgins Group plc, for the purchase of the site at 28–30 High Street Wanstead, subject to planning permission and a time constraint.
Since 1985, another subsidiary company of Higgins Group plc, D. Higgins & Sons Ltd. has been invited by the Receiver to tender, in competition, 36 times, and won four contracts as a result. Those were:
working with local authorities to increase the number of secured car parks in the Metropolitan Police District from 41 to 450 by the year 2000.