Capita's 'poor performance' slammed for failing British Army

Capita’s recruitment contract with the Ministry of Defence has failed to deliver more than £100million in planned savings.

The £1.3billion contract with the outsourcing giant has resulted in just £2.73million of savings in its first six years, according to figures released to Parliament and reported by The Herald. This compares to £104.33million of reduced costs earmarked in the project’s original business case in September 2011.

Conservative MP Mark Francois, a former defence minister, told the Press Association: “In my report on military recruitment, I highlighted that the Capita recruitment contract for the Army has been seriously underperforming for several years and so I recommended that the Army should come up with a Plan B.

“In light of recent events, I believe that work should be accelerated so that the Army has a viable alternative rather than continuing to have to rely on Capita’s poor performance.”