UK Criminal Justice: S/ITS market forecasts and trends

Abstract

It is six months since we last revised our forecasts for the UK criminal justice software and IT services market. This report reviews those forecasts and the assumptions on which they are based, reflecting any changes to our forecasts from 2009 onwards.

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• In a nutshell
• Ovum view
• Key messages
• Market size and forecasts
• Our forecasts
• Review of 2008
• Growth as forecast for 2008
• Delay to signing of PND contract
• Existing suppliers benefit from MoJ spend
• Little ‘new money' from Metropolitan Police frameworks
• Very few local police contracts
• Some success in regional policing
• Recent contract signings
• Forecast analysis for 2009 onwards
• Market worth £756 million by 2013
• Barriers to growth
• Budgetary pressures to hit criminal justice organisations
• Contract renegotiations expected at renewal
• Few major programmes/projects on the horizon
• Continued uncertainty regarding direction of police ICT
• Nervousness over sensitive data and the impact of IT
• Drivers of growth
• New revenue from PND contract and HOLMES 2020
• Joined-up justice agenda continues, albeit more quietly
• Implementation of pan-MoJ IT strategy
• Metropolitan Police Service spend likely to grow
• Regional units present some opportunities
• Push to shared services is likely as budgetary pressures increase
• Uncertainty for police IT will diminish in the medium term
• Criminal justice sector market by activity
• Market by activity in 2008
• Forecasts by S/ITS activity
• Business processing market
• Infrastructure services
• Application-led outsourcing
• Software
• Project services
• Market definitions
• Defining the market
• Public sector S/ITS

List of Tables

• Table 1: Criminal justice S/ITS market size and growth data
• Table 2: Selected ICT contracts let within UK criminal justice sector (April 2008 - April 2009)
• Table 3: Criminal justice resource department expenditure limit (RDEL) 2008/2009
• Table 4: Ministry of Justice ‘value for money' savings CSR07
• Table 5: CJS proposals, pilots and projects for 2009/10
• Table 6: Criminal Justice S/ITS market size and forecasts by activity
• Table 7: Criminal justice S/ITS market growth by activity

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Criminal justice sector S/ITS market size and growth
• Figure 2: Criminal justice S/ITS market by activity (2008)
• Figure 3: Criminal justice S/ITS market growth by activity