To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the projected £115 million of savings in the prison facilities management contracts awarded in 2014 has been saved to date.
Answered on
12 March 2018
I refer the Honourable Member to my answers to Questions 125573 and 125574 from the Honourable Member for Leeds East. As stated in the 2016-17 National Offender Management Service Annual Report, the contracting exercise “exposed that historically the costs of maintenance and services were not clearly understood by the business and consequently planning assumptions have not held true.” Anticipated efficiency savings have therefore not been achieved.
We will only transform our prisons into places of rehabilitation if we ensure that we address basic issues such as cleanliness, decent conditions and safety. Our Facilities Management providers, Amey and Gov Facility Services Ltd, play an important role in achieving this.