Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 3 September 2025.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government contracts have been awarded to Allied Universal (G4S).
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the estimated total value of government contracts awarded to Allied Universal (G4S) in each of the last five years.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Allied Universal (G4S) in delivering government contracts across every Department.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts held by Allied Universal (G4S) have been subject to (a) formal performance review, (b) warning notices and (c) breach proceedings in each of the last five years.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Allied Universal (G4S) has (a) received financial penalties and (b) had payments withheld by government departments, as a result of performance failures since 2020.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour, Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether departments have reported concerns about Allied Universal (G4S) delivery of contracted services to the Cabinet Office in the past 12 months.
Georgia Gould
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office
Allied Universal includes a number of G4S group entities. Contract awards may therefore be recorded under different UK legal entities (for example, G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Ltd and G4S Facilities Management (UK) Ltd).
Contracting authorities are responsible for awarding and managing their contracts, including monitoring performance and applying contractual remedies in line with the regulations in force at the time. For contracts designated as the Government’s most important contracts, performance against KPIs is published on GOV.UK.
Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023 above £12,000 inc VAT are published on the Central Digital Platform Find a Tender service (https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search).
The government has taken significant steps to increase transparency in the delivery of public services. The Cabinet Office regularly publishes a list of the government’s most important contracts on GOV.UK. This includes up to four Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each contract, together with current performance. Where Allied Universal (including G4S entities) holds such contracts, the information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-performance-indicators-kpis-for-governments-most-important-contracts. For other contracts, effectiveness is monitored by the relevant contracting authorities through their contract management arrangements
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