Written questions

Gov Facility Services: Contracts

Lords · Question HL6405 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Blunkett

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent analysis has been undertaken of additional costs or savings arising from the decision to outsource Gov Facilities Services Limited, and what steps have been taken to revisit this decision since July 2024.

Answer

Answered by Lord Timpson, 9 Apr 2025

The Government has initiated a programme of work to secure new, competitively tendered contracts for the provision of maintenance services for prisons. As the procurement process is currently live, information regarding costs and savings is commercially a...