Andrew Murrison corrected the Commons record on Serco

8 October 2013 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

Andrew Murrison made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 8 October 2013. The correction replaced 6 figures (174.2, 625.3, 642.5, 645.9, 652.7, 666.6) with 6 figures (144.1, 527.9, 539.8, 545.8, 549.0, 575.9). Altogether 20 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008. Letter of correction from Dr Andrew Murrison: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman) on 4 July 2013. The full answer given was as follows:

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Original	Corrected
Expenditure on Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Serco is shown in the following table: Financial year \| Expenditure (£ million) 2008-09 \| ~~666.6~~ 2009-10 \| ~~652.7~~ 2010-11 \| ~~642.5~~ 2011-12 \| ~~625.3~~ 2012-13 \| ~~645.9~~ 2013-14 (to 30 June 2013) \| ~~174.2~~ These figures include expenditure by MOD Trading Funds, but do not include payments which may have been made on behalf of other Government Departments by the MOD's executive non-departmental public bodies (which lie outside the MOD's accounting boundary), locally by the Department, through third parties such as prime contractors or other Government Departments and in relation to collaborative projects where the payments are made through international procurement agencies or overseas Governments. Payments made by Government Procurement Card are also not included. Since January 2011, central Government Departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the contracts they award: www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/ In addition, Departments publish details of spend in excess of £25,000. The correct answer should have been:	Expenditure on Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Serco is shown in the following table: Financial year \| Expenditure (£ million) 2008-09 \| 575.9 2009-10 \| 549.0 2010-11 \| 539.8 2011-12 \| 527.9 2012-13 \| 545.8 2013-14 (to 30 June 2013) \| 144.1 These figures include expenditure by MOD Trading Funds, but do not include payments which may have been made on behalf of other Government Departments by the MOD's executive non-departmental public bodies (which lie outside the MOD's accounting boundary), locally by the Department, through third parties such as prime contractors or other Government Departments and in relation to collaborative projects where the payments are made through international procurement agencies or overseas Governments. Payments made by Government Procurement Card are also not included. Since January 2011, central Government Departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the contracts they award: www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/ In addition, Departments publish details of spend in excess of £25,000

Original

Corrected

Expenditure on Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Serco is shown in the following table:
Financial year
| Expenditure (£ million)
2008-09
| ~~666.6~~
2009-10
| ~~652.7~~
2010-11
| ~~642.5~~
2011-12
| ~~625.3~~
2012-13
| ~~645.9~~
2013-14 (to 30 June 2013)
| ~~174.2~~
These figures include expenditure by MOD Trading Funds, but do not include payments which may have been made on behalf of other Government Departments by the MOD's executive non-departmental public bodies (which lie outside the MOD's accounting boundary), locally by the Department, through third parties such as prime contractors or other Government Departments and in relation to collaborative projects where the payments are made through international procurement agencies or overseas Governments. Payments made by Government Procurement Card are also not included.
Since January 2011, central Government Departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the contracts they award:
www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/
In addition, Departments publish details of spend in excess of £25,000.
The correct answer should have been:

Expenditure on Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Serco is shown in the following table:
Financial year
| Expenditure (£ million)
2008-09
| 575.9
2009-10
| 549.0
2010-11
| 539.8
2011-12
| 527.9
2012-13
| 545.8
2013-14 (to 30 June 2013)
| 144.1
These figures include expenditure by MOD Trading Funds, but do not include payments which may have been made on behalf of other Government Departments by the MOD's executive non-departmental public bodies (which lie outside the MOD's accounting boundary), locally by the Department, through third parties such as prime contractors or other Government Departments and in relation to collaborative projects where the payments are made through international procurement agencies or overseas Governments. Payments made by Government Procurement Card are also not included.
Since January 2011, central Government Departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the contracts they award:
www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/
In addition, Departments publish details of spend in excess of £25,000

The correction in Hansard.

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