Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 12
12
Against a backdrop of worsening living conditions for prisoners, HMPPS changed the way in which...
Conclusion
Against a backdrop of worsening living conditions for prisoners, HMPPS changed the way in which it maintains prisons and launched a programme to improve the condition and suitability of prison accommodation. In 2015 it contracted Amey and Carillion to provide facilities management across the prison estate. HMPPS’ decision to outsource facilities management was driven by the need to make savings and meet spending reduction commitments made by the Ministry. It estimated that outsourcing facilities management would save £79 million a year between 2014–15 and 2020–21.24 The Ministry admitted that “everything was driven by cost savings and by price”.25
Government Response
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HM Government
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Against a backdrop of worsening living conditions for prisoners, HMPPS changed the way in which it maintains prisons and launched a programme to improve the condition and suitability of prison accommodation. In 2015 it contracted Amey and Carillion to provide facilities management across the prison estate. HMPPS’ decision to outsource facilities management was driven by the need to make savings and meet spending reduction commitments made by the Ministry. It estimated that outsourcing facilities