Contract Award

SERCO GROUP PLC

Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Contract Award

Serco Group plc ('Serco') today announces it has been awarded a five-year
contract, with the potential of up to a further two years, by the UK Government
to provide electronic monitoring of offenders.

The Home Office contract awarded to Serco's wholly owned subsidiary, Premier
Custodial Group Limited ('Premier'), starts in April 2005.

Premier currently delivers monitoring services in two of the four regions
across England and Wales. This new contract will effectively maintain Premier's
share of this market which is being reorganised into five geographic regions.
The new contract covers two of the five regions including: London & Eastern and
West Midlands & Wales regions.

Premier will deliver enhanced value for money to the Home Office through
further investing in employees and in innovative new technology.

Kevin Beeston, Executive Chairman of Serco Group, said: 'This appointment has
strengthened our partnership with the Home Office. Serco is now delivering a
broad range of services to courts, immigration, police and prison services.

'Governments around the world are now increasingly seeking technology and
change management services to tackle the justice and homeland security
challenges they face. Serco is enhancing its reputation for building
partnerships that deliver reliability, innovation and value for money
services.'

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For further information please contact:

Serco Group plc: T [phone]

Dominic Cheetham, Corporate Communications Director: T [phone]

Richard Hollins, Head of Investor Relations: T [phone]

Notes to editors

Premier has provided monitoring services to the Home Office since 1995 and is
the only organisation providing services to all five market segments -
Electronic Monitoring, Prisons, Immigration, Secure Training Centres and Prison
Escort and Custody Services.

Serco is one of the world's largest service companies operating on a global
basis in a diverse range of sectors, including defence, aerospace, and science,
public transport and traffic management, health and education, justice and
local government. For more information on Serco Group plc, visit www.serco.com