The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has claimed that the Cabinet Office is set to outsource a range of department services to France based Steria.

Steria which provides outsourced IT services will provide services including IT, HR and finance, according to union.

Steria has previously been named preferred bidder as a private sector partner for the ISSC2 (Independent Shared Service 2) joint venture, which seeks to consolidate back office services.

The reported move to outsource department services would come as the government seeks to reduce costs and create efficiencies under the Civil Service Reform Plan.

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