Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Criminal Records Bureau
At the evidence session on 15 March, I undertook
to write to the Committee on two issues.
Questions 29-30 (Mr Bacon): Payments to PA Consulting
In response to questions 29 and 30 from Richard
Bacon, we agreed to let you have details of the payments made
to PA Consulting. PA were appointed in February 2000 to provide
pre-contract support to the CRB procurement project. As Bernard
Herdan indicated, they were paid at normal consulting rates. These
varied between £700 and £1,700 per day depending on
the seniority of the individual consultants concerned. Over the
period from February to August 2000 (when the contract with Capita
was signed) PA were paid £311,175 excluding VAT.
Question 75 (Mr Field): Savings from the renegotiation
of the contract with Capita
At question 75, Frank Field asked for details
of the total savings arising from the renegotiation of the contract
with Capita. As I indicated in answer to the question, we have
secured, effective 1 October this year, a reduction of just under
£1 (the exact figure is 96 pence) in the price paid to Capita
for processing each Disclosure application. Over the remaining
71/2 years of the contract, this represents an estimated saving
of £17 million. Capita now has payments underpinned by guaranteed
volumes, agreed on a biennial basis. In addition, the revised
contract includes provision for the equal sharing of any future
cost savings achieved by Capita to their side of the operation,
and realigns the contract to reflect the changes to the Disclosure
service since the original contract was signed.
Leigh Lewis CB
Permanent Secretary
Home Office
30 March 2004
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