Is outsourcing working?

Venue: Institute for Government

Date: 30 Apr 2019

Synopsis: The Government spends £284bn on private companies, charities and voluntary organisations which deliver goods, frontline public services and back-office support. The UK pioneered the outsourcing of public services, but recent failures in probation and prisons, alongside profit warnings from suppliers, have renewed debate over outsourcing.

Details:

At this event, leading politicians, experts and practitioners will debate what has and hasn’t worked in government outsourcing, setting out the evidence on where it has reduced costs or delivered innovation; where it did not achieve the expected results; and what its future holds.

Our panel includes:

• • Sam Gyimah MP, former Minister of State for Universities and Science and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation
• • Matthew Fell, UK Policy Director, Confederation of British Industry
• • Katja Hall, Corporate Affairs Director, Capita
• • John Tizard, independent strategic advisor; former Director of Government and Business Engagement at Capita and joint leader of Bedfordshire County Council
• • Alan White, News Editor, BuzzFeed News, and author of Shadow State: Inside the Secret Companies that Run Britain
• • Other speaker to be confirmed

The debate will be moderated by Emma Norris, Director of Research, Institute for Government.

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Contact:
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