Home Department written question – answered at on 10 October 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by his Department on public procurement of food in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what proportion of that expenditure was covered under Crown Immunity on food safety matters.
The core Home Office do not buy food other than light refreshments for meetings. This is covered under the 2 Marsham Street PFI contract and expenditure will be included in the facilities management service charge. Information covering specific items such as this is not held centrally but in any case is likely to be minimal.
The Prison Service expended £44,087, £255.00 in the period April 2004 to March 2005 from its central contracts. The figure would exclude small/minor one off purchases made by establishments. This further information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The Food Safety Act removed Crown Immunity from the Prison Service so the amount aforementioned is subject to all relevant food hygiene regulations.
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