HM Courts and
Tribunals Service: Procurement
Ministry
of Justice written question – answered on 5th April 2019.
Yasmin Qureshi Shadow Minister (Justice)
To
ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts
and Tribunal Service is projected to spend on third-party suppliers (a) in
total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2018-19.
Lucy Frazer The Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State for Justice
The
information requested in point A of each question is listed below.
HMCTS
has spent the following on third party suppliers:
- 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106
- 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816
- 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077
- 1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522
The
information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at
a disproportionate cost.
HMCTS
use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across
the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and
IT software.
As
part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business
partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project
outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal
resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the
project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project
timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national
insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals
whose skills may not be needed after a set period.
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