Ministry of Justice: Contracts
(asked on 30th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on third-party contractors in (a) 2010, (b) 2014, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.
The information requested is provided in the below table. The spend provided is for the requested calendar years, not financial years. The spend for 2019 covers January to September.
The question has been interpreted to refer to the Ministry of Justice’s spend with suppliers we have contracted goods or services for the requester period.
Private providers play an important role in the Ministry of Justice. We continue to closely monitor the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.
Calendar Year | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2019 |
Spend for Year | £2,679,422,903.60 | £3,113,267,154.29 | £3,994,928,310.79 | £2,972,954,526.18 |
Spend figures do not include MoJ Spend with the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) for council and solicitor spend as these are not considered contracted services.