Outsourcing of public services by UK government - statistics & facts

In the United Kingdom, there are several different companies that have been awarded contracts from the government to consult and manage various different public services. These services have included, but are not limited to: NHS hospital facility management, immigration removal centers, and asylum seeker housing. The value of contracts awarded to these companies has been significant, with the top two most lucrative contracts worth almost two billion British pounds respectively. Furthermore, the top strategic suppliers to the UK central government all had direct public sector billings in the region of one billion British pounds.

Leading outsourcing companies in the United Kingdom

Geo Group, Serco, Sodexo, and Mitie, amongst other companies and public limited companies, have had various contracts from the UK government running simultaneously. Mitie Group plc, for example, had government contracts worth over 1.5 billion British pounds and a total revenue of approximately four billion British pounds. At the same time, Mitie Total Security Management was the security company with the highest annual turnover in the United Kingdom. The France-headquartered food services and facilities management company, Sodexo, had service sectors in business and administration, health care and seniors, and education. Within the United Kingdom, the company has been involved in NHS facility management, prison operations, and school catering. Last year, Sodexo had an operating income of over one billion euros.

Increased immigration to the United Kingdom

The number of refugees and asylum seekers displaced abroad has increased significantly over the last decade. As these patterns have revealed themselves, global attitudes towards accepting refugees have also become more negative. In the United Kingdom, public limited companies such as Serco have been tasked with the management of what have become known as immigration removal centers to deal with the influx of those seeking asylum. These undertakings have not been without controversy, as the number of major injury incidents at Serco have generally increased since 2016. When broken down by service line, citizen services have produced the highest turnover for Serco. The other streams of turnover mentioned in their annual reports have been defense, transport, justice and immigration, and health and other facilities management.
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Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 6, 2024

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Public sector expenditure on health UK
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