HC Deb 05 May 2004 vol 420 cc1544-5W
Mrs. Helen Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contracts have been awarded to the company Mitie by his Department since 2000; and what arrangements were put in place for collective bargaining. [166595]

Fiona Mactaggart

The available information held by the Home Office on the contracts awarded to MITIE since 2000 is as set out in the following table:

(b) secondees from other Government bodies and(c) temporary agency staff. [163631]

Fiona Mactaggart

[holding answer 31 March 2004]: Contributions have been received from areas of the Home Department, including agencies, as follows:

£
1999 15,132,974
2000 33,130,017
2001 47,177,217
2002 58,509,500
2003 73,762,761

The Stage 2 RAB Resource DEL for the Home Office over the same period was:

£
1999–2000 7,076,102,000
2000–01 8,398,131,000
2001–02 10,261,856,000
2002–03 11,088,502,000
2003–04 11,836,009,000

Expenditure expressed as a percentage of the Home Office DEL during the last five years was as follows:

Percentage
1999–2000 0.21
2000–01 0.39
2001–02 0.46
2002–03 0.53
2003–04 0.63

The Immigration and Nationality Directorate accounted for around half of the cost for each financial year.