Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) fines and (b) other financial penalties have been paid to his Department by (i) Serco and (ii) Serco subsidiaries for failures to meet contractual obligations in each year since 2010.

This PQ has been interpreted to mean the level of financial remedies that the Ministry of Justice has been in receipt of from Serco, or Serco subsidiaries, in relation to failure to meet contractual performance obligations since 2010.

The Ministry of Justice has been in receipt of the following financial remedies from Serco in relation to failure to meet contractual performance obligations since 2010: We manage all of our contracts with Serco robustly and deal with any performance issues in accordance with the mechanisms of the contracts. Overall our Serco Contracts perform well and the performance management mechanisms in our contracts are effective in addressing any performance concerns.

For privately managed prisons the total value of financial remedies imposed for each financial year has been provided and is included in the below table:

For the Prison Escort and Custody Service (PECS) the total value of financial remedies imposed for each financial year has been provided and is included in the below table:

For the Hassockfield STC the total value of financial remedies imposed for each financial year has been provided and is included in the below table: