Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 15 February 2018.
Jon Trickett
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office), Shadow Lord President of the Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts his Department holds with Capita; and what the value of those contracts is.
George Eustice
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra has a zero value contract with Capita to supply contingent labour which was a call off from a Crown Commercial Services Framework. The responsibility for the management of the supplier in these call off arrangement lies with CCS not Defra. The following table details the amount Defra has spent on the contract with Capita for contingent labour.
Contract | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 April-December | Total |
Contingent Labour | £70,660 | £2,323,884 | £3,211,830 | £2,715,195 | £3,019,382 | £11,340,951 |
Defra has a contract with Capita to deliver a system for the Electronic Movement Reporting System for Sheep, Goats and Deers which has a total value of £4,620,370.
Defra is party to a number of contracts with Fera Science Ltd (Fera), a Joint Venture between Defra and Capita. The key contracts on the Fera Science Ltd framework at inception were:
Contract | Total value to 31/03/2020 |
Plant and Bee Health Services | £28,100,000 |
Specialist Services and Facilities (Wildlife Facility and Food Safety Laboratories) | £16,600,000 |
Total | £44,700,000 |
Variable services are also commissioned annually from Fera under the framework agreement. From the start of the contract (01/04/2015) to date spend for the following additional services is as follows:
Contract Title | Value |
Applied Research and Development Services | £5,900,000 |
Additional Plant and Bee Health Services | £850,000 |
Total | £6,750,000 |
Standalone contracts with Fera outside the framework:
Contract Title | Value |
Authent-Net | £32,000 |
VitiSmart | £139,000 |
Total | £171,000 |
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
