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<p>The Home Office holds three contracts with Motorola Solutions. These are:</p><p>(a)
The Public Safety Radio Communications Service (PSRCS) Framework Arrangement for the
provision of the Airwave service to the police services of Eng-land, Scotland and
Wales.</p><p>(b) Contract ST03 10/641/9 for the provision of telecommunications services
to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.</p><p>(c) Emergency Services Network
(ESN) — Lot 2 User Services; one of the contracts that will replace the current Airwave
contract.</p><p>The cost to the public purse of the Home Office contract with Airwave
in Financial Year 2015-16 is forecast to be £283 million comprising £230 million paid
centrally by the Home Office and £53 million paid locally by police forces to Airwave.
By way of comparison, under the newly procured Emergency Services Network, the policing
share of costs is expected to be less than half of the current Airwave costs.</p><p>Airwave
Solutions Ltd provides mobile telecommunications services for emer-gency services.
The Home Office Airwave contracts only relate to police forces, and immigration and
nationality functions within the Home Office. The Home Office is not party to the
contracts which many other organisations in the public sector have entered into with
Airwave.</p><p>The acquisition of Airwave by Motorola Solutions means all three Emergency
Services contracts now end on 31st December 2019. This provides continuity of service
for the transition to the Emergency Services Network.</p>
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