Hiring Capita is the latest example of the government’s efforts to award contracts to outsourcing companies. The British Council said: “We are proud to have launched the Turing scheme in February 2021 and supported £98.5m of grant funding in the inaugural year of the Turing scheme, including 41,024 participants, of which 48% are identified as coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.” The council said it was “continuing to work through the implications of the decision”. Losing the contract will be a financial blow for the British Council, which is already absorbing staff cuts and office closures as a result of income lost during the pandemic and reductions to Foreign Office funding. Capita is said to have bid well below the £7m ceiling. The tender lists the contract as worth up to £7m, to administer funding of £110m, including administration costs.
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