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Justice & Public Order

Prison operation and maintenance, electronic monitoring, court services, police technology and immigration removal centres.

Supplier spend

£18bn

Share of all supplier spend

4.5%

Top 10 suppliers

£4.9bn

Since 2019

+38%

Contract spend trend

+£5.0bn (38%) since 2019

Data sourcesCabinet Office — Contracts Finder (awarded contracts)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)Cabinet Office — Find a Tender Service (high-value awards)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)HM Government — Departmental spend over £25,000data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)National Audit Office — Reports on government contracting
exact ONS/HMRC/MHCLG/PSS fields

What is contracted out

  • Prisons

  • Monitoring and escorting

  • Police technology

Bought by Ministry of Justice, HMPPS, Home Office and police forces.

Top 10 suppliers

Data sourcesCabinet Office — Contracts Finder (awarded contracts)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)Cabinet Office — Find a Tender Service (high-value awards)data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)HM Government — Departmental spend over £25,000data.gov.uk API (api.gov.uk)National Audit Office — Reports on government contracting
exact ONS/HMRC/MHCLG/PSS fields

  1. #1Serco

    £1.3bn

    Prison operation, prisoner escorting, electronic monitoring and asylum accommodation

    Hook, UK · 7.2% of the area

    • Custody
    • Monitoring

  2. #2Sodexo Justice Services

    £0.7bn

    Prison management, catering and rehabilitation services

    London, UK · 3.9% of the area

    • Custody

  3. #3G4S (Allied Universal)

    £0.7bn

    Prisons, immigration centres and secure transport

    London, UK · 3.9% of the area

    • Custody

  4. #4Mitie Care & Custody

    £0.5bn

    Immigration removal centres and detainee escorting

    London, UK · 2.8% of the area

    • Custody

  5. #5Motorola Solutions

    £0.5bn

    Police radio, control room and emergency services technology

    Basingstoke, UK · 2.8% of the area

    • Technology

  6. #6Capita

    £0.4bn

    Police support services, recruitment and back office

    London, UK · 2.2% of the area

    • Services

  7. #7Axon UK

    £0.2bn

    Body-worn video, tasers and digital evidence management

    London, UK · 1.1% of the area

    • Technology

  8. #8Eurofins Forensic Services

    £0.2bn

    Forensic science and DNA analysis for police forces

    Wolverhampton, UK · 1.1% of the area

    • Forensics

  9. #9Interserve / Mitie FM

    £0.2bn

    Court and prison facilities management

    London, UK · 1.1% of the area

    • Facilities

  10. #10Clearsprings Ready Homes

    £0.2bn

    Asylum accommodation and support services

    Basildon, UK · 1.1% of the area

    • Accommodation

Private prisons hold roughly 15% of the prison population in England and Wales.

The Emergency Services Network is one of the largest ongoing public technology programmes.

Facilities management in courts and prisons is bundled into long regional contracts.

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