£40bn spent by central government on procuring goods and services, 2013-14 (estimated) |
| 60 contracts tested for overbilling |
| 34 had issues with billing to some extent |
5 contracts | have been referred to the police or the Serious Fraud Office |
£179.4 million | has been paid by G4S and Serco, after identifying overbilling |
73 contracts | were reviewed against our 2008 framework by the Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Cabinet Office and the Department for Work & Pensions (each contract assessed against 8 areas, a total of 584 assessments) |
343 out of 584 | areas of contract management assessed as weak (of this, 73 were considered to create a material risk of overbilling) |
>100,000 | contracts in central government (estimated) |
4,000 people | commercial specialists across central government (estimated) |