The figure was confirmed in a letter from Immigration minister Damian Green to former Home Secretary David Blunkett, which included a breakdown of the compensation. More than £2 million of the total £2,253,000 compensation is to go to Thales (which will also pocket a further £400,000 for its part in decommissioning the systems and obliterating the personal data) while £183,000 will go to 3M, and £68,000 to Cable & Wireless.
We previously provided a figure of £400,000.
