Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:34 pm ar 21 Mehefin 2018.
Lord Stirrup
Crossbench
3:34,
21 Mehefin 2018
My Lords, previous outsourced contracts have very often relied for their lower costs on the fact that the companies making the bid are able to rely on trained personnel who were once in the military conducting these duties. However, that source of trained and experienced personnel inevitably dries up after a few years, resulting in enormous increased cost pressures on the company. Can the Minister reassure the House that in this case the full training costs over the years of the contract have been taken into account by Capita?
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