Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 218833 on Immigrants: Detainees, what the cost was of the escorting contract for immigration detainees in the last 12 months for which information is available.
The Home Office contract for the provision of escorting services for immigration detainees as provided by Tascor E&D Services Ltd until 30th April 2018, and by Mitie Care and Custody Ltd from 1st May 2018.
The operating costs of these contracts is commercially confidential and public disclosure would prejudice the commercial interests of the Home Office and its suppliers. However, the Home Office publishes payments in excess of £25K on its website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-spending