VATGPB10650 - Government departments and health authorities: Contracted Out Services (COS) Headings: COS Heading 46 - Operation of prisons, detention centres and remand centres, including medical services

The origins of this heading lie in the outsourcing of the running of a prison to a private sector company - custodial services, rehabilitation and education, building maintenance, catering etc. However, it can extend to discrete activities within a prison.

Includes