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<p>The information referred to in the Written Statement relates to the competition
to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva, Her Majesty’s Prison
& Probation Service has provided a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which potential
operators’ bids will be rigorously assessed. For the Wellingborough competition, this
work has already been undertaken and has informed the specification and affordability
threshold for this competition. We are clear that where bids do not meet sufficient
quality or value-for-money thresholds, the public sector will act as the provider.</p><p>The
Government remains committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition
for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality
of operations and innovation across the system.</p>
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