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1521059

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, which five companies or venues received the highest shares of the £69,585.97 paid to suppliers under the merchant description Member Clubs/Sport/Rec/Golf; and what was the main purpose of those payments.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The five organisations that received the highest shares of ePC spend on the merchant group 'Member Clubs/Sport/Rec/Golf' between January and May 2022 and the main purpose of those payments are as follows:</p><p>Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - Professional memberships and personal development</p><p>Nuffield Health - Gym memberships to meet military requirements</p><p>Just Paintball - Cadet training equipment</p><p>Medway Yacht Club - Physical/Adventurous training</p><p>Snowdome Ltd - Physical/Adventurous training</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 19/10/2022 16:01:21 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521058

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, which five retailers received the highest shares of the £974,943.81 paid to suppliers under the merchant description Misc Specialty Retail; and what was the nature of the supplies they provided.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The five organisations that received the highest shares of ePC spend on 'Misc Speciality Retail' between January and May 2022 and the main purpose of those payments are as follows:</p><p>Amazon Marketplace - Too wide a range of goods to provide a meaningful answer</p><p>Prometheus Medical Technology - Medical training equipment</p><p>Level Peaks Associates - Camouflage Netting/Combat clothing</p><p>DMM Climbing - Mountain climbing courses/equipment</p><p>Outdoor &amp; Cycle Concepts Ltd - Adventurous training courses/equipment</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 19/10/2022 16:00:54 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1505010

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many payments were fraudulently charged to his Department’s budget using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, and (c) 2021-22; and what was the total value of fraudulent payments (i) made and (ii) recovered in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The total number of payments proven to have been fraudulently charged to the Ministry of Defence budget, using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22, together with their value and the amounts recovered are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Fraudulent Payments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Fraud</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount Recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£698</p></td><td><p>£698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£250.44</p></td><td><p>£250.44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above data comprises fraud that has been detected and logged within the Confidential Hotlines Case Management System, and dates are based on when the cases were logged on the system. It also only includes cases that are closed and where the fraud has been proven.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 13/09/2022 12:13:39 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521064

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department’s transparency data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, what was the (a) location and (b) purpose of the £3,456 spent under the merchant description ‘Billiard/Pool Establishment’ on 28 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The £3,345.00 spent on 28 February 2022 under the merchant description 'Billiard/Pool Establishment' covered the use of an indoor climbing facility in Brecon for a number of recruits as part of adventurous training.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 15:29:14 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521062

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department’s transparency data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, what were the (a) locations and (b) purposes of the £11,957.08 spent under the merchant description ‘Eating Places/Restaurants’ on 25 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The purposes of the £11,957.08 spent using ePC on 25 April 2022 under the merchant descriptions 'Eating Places/Restaurants' are as follows:</p><p>£10,307.08 - Mess catering for international students</p><p>£1,650.00 - Hotel accommodation for personnel providing an escort role for in-UK movements</p><p>Due to the sensitive nature of some MOD activity, we cannot publish location information on a public forum.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 19/10/2022 16:03:45 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521063

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department’s transparency data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, what were the (a) locations and (b) purposes of the £19,401.20 spent under the merchant description Bars/Taverns/Lounges/Discos from 26 to 29 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The purposes of the £19,401.20 spent using ePC between 26-29 April 2022 under the merchant descriptions 'Bars/Taverns/Lounges/Discos' are as follows:</p><p>£14,334 - Hotel accommodation for personnel providing an escort role for in UK movements</p><p>£4,376.20 - Army Sailing Association fees for storage of boats/use of facilities</p><p>£691.00 - Hosting of foreign dignitaries</p><p>Due to the sensitive nature of some MOD activity, we cannot publish location information on a public forum.</p><p>ePC spend is categorised using Visa/Mastercard 'Merchant Category groups' assigned to individual companies. These are sometimes misleading as they are wide descriptors which don't necessarily cover the full extent of that supplier's business.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 17/10/2022 16:25:38 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521061

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, what was the (a) location and (b) purpose of the £1,116.00 spent under the merchant description Health and Beauty Spas on 24 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The £1,116.00 spent on 24 February 2022 under the merchant description ‘Health and Beauty Spas’ covered the purchase of gym memberships for PT Instructors in Lancaster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 15:29:42 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521054

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, which five companies or individuals received the highest shares of the £443,910.02 spent on management, consultant and public relations services; and what was the nature of the services they provided.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The five companies that received the highest shares of ePC spend on 'management, consultant and public relations services' between January and May 2022 were; Allchange Strategic Consulting Ltd, BSI Group, TRCC Ltd, Aureo Filo Ltd and Team Focus Ltd. The nature of the services provided was consultancy support to innovation, training and external assessment of apprenticeship examinations.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 17/10/2022 13:45:40 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521060

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, which five companies or venues received the highest shares of the £181,921.49 paid to suppliers under the merchant description Amusement/Rec Serv – Def’; and what was the nature of the services they provided.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The five organisations that received the highest shares of ePC spend on the merchant description 'Amusement/Rec Serv - Def' between January and May 2022 and the main purpose of those payments are as follows:</p><p>Ifly Indoor Skydiving - Parachute training</p><p>Skydive Deland - Parachute display equipment</p><p>Fragers Ltd - Virtual Reality training events</p><p>Schuschule Neustift - Ski equipment relating to winter sports training</p><p>Dive Deep Blue - Underwater training expedition</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 19/10/2022 16:30:22 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521056

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, which five companies received the highest shares of the £971,211.95 paid to sporting goods and riding apparel stores.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	61817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The five companies which received the highest shares of the £971,211.95 paid by ePC between January and May 2022, under the merchant description 'sporting goods and riding apparel stores' were; Outdoor &amp; Sports Company Ltd, Endura Ltd, Trekitt, Endura Ltd and Graham Tiso Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Elmet and Rothwell answering member printed Alec Shelbrooke question first answered 18/10/2022 15:30:40 answering member 3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry