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1681647

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to respond to Questions 6773 and 6774 on Attorney General: Redundancy Pay, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 13 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	9197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my substantive response to UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6773" target="_blank">6773</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6774" target="_blank">6774</a> tabled on 24 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/04/2024 15:38:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis previous answer version 11524 answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681088

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 31 October 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>In response to your request please refer to the data below for details of purchases of less than £500 on a physical Government Procurement Card (GPC).</p><p> </p><p>a) Total purchases 01/01/2022-31/12/2022 =<strong> 1,767 </strong>with a value of<strong> £194,605.36</strong></p><p>b) Total purchases 01/01/2023-31/10/2023 =<strong> 2,672 </strong>with a value of<strong> £452,662.48</strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/01/2024 11:43:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681089

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 31 October 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Internal management information on GPC data for transactions under £500 indicates as follows:</p><p><strong>01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022</strong></p><p>Number of Transaction is 16,921</p><p>Total Expenditure is £1,511,499</p><p><strong>01 January 2023 to 31 October 2023</strong></p><p>Number of Transactions is 13,009</p><p>Total Expenditure is £1,111,945</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/01/2024 17:25:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681090

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 30 September 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of purchases with a value less than £500 made against the Department’s budget using a Government Procurement Card were:</p><p>(a) in calendar year 2022: 8507</p><p>(b) from 1 January to 30 September 2023: 6982</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost of these purchases were:</p><p>(a) in calendar year 2022: £399,719.55</p><p>(b) from 1 January to 30 September 2023: £321,213.13</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 16/01/2024 17:04:44 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681091

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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 purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 30 November 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>In Calendar Year 2022 the Department recorded 175,053 transactions with a value of less than £500 and the total cost of these purchases has been calculated at £20,035,940.81.</p><p>Between 1 January 2023 and 30 November 2023 the Department recorded 167,839 transactions with a value of less than £500 and the total cost of these purchases has been calculated at £16,168,468.94.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 18/01/2024 16:34:04 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681092

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 31 May 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>In 2022 and from 1 January to 31 May 2023, the Ministry of Justice (the departmental group including agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies) made the following number of purchases of goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1 January to 31 May 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No of transactions (includes purchases and refunds)</p></td><td><p>295,058</p></td><td><p>128,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net value</p></td><td><p>£28,370,116.77</p></td><td><p>£13,215,783.38</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 18/01/2024 12:21:10 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681093

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 30 November 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>For calendar year 2022, there were 7,358 transactions on the Government procurement card under £500 totalling £623.4k.</p><p> </p><p>For calendar year 2023, up to 30 November 2023, there were 6,792 transactions on the Government procurement card under £500 totalling £559.5k.</p><p> </p><p>I would note that procurement cards were introduced by the last Labour Government, who welcomed their use, saying they are a ‘good example of Government learning from the private sector’.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement cards assist with the reduction in procurement bureaucracy, boost efficiency, support the Government’s prompt payment initiative for Small and Medium businesses, and help maintain cash flow to suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>They are used as defined by the departmental procurement acquisition model, agreed by procurement and finance colleagues. Controls are in place that limit purchase types and values in line with individual departmental controls.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement cards are held by officials, not Ministers or Special Advisers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/01/2024 14:51:17 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681094

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 31 October 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of purchases made valued at under £500 using a Government procurement card for the given time periods.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume of Transactions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Transactions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>3853</p></td><td><p>£355,245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January to 31 October 2023</p></td><td><p>3798</p></td><td><p>£336,077</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 31/01/2024 13:08:51 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681095

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget through a Government procurement card in calendar year 2022; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Government Procurement Cards provide an efficient route to enable key staff to procure goods and services, necessary to the promotion of British interests overseas and the maintenance of our embassies and high commissions. All purchases are subject to authorisation by managers and audit checks.</p><p>In the calendar year 2022 there were 133,292 transactions under £500. These transactions amounted to a total spend value of £13,563,777.20. This figure relates to spend on all Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (FCDO) issued Government Procurement Cards and may therefore include costs eventually charged to the budgets of other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/01/2024 14:51:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681096

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 30 September 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>Purchases over £500 are subject to Government transparency reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement cards assist with the reduction in procurement bureaucracy, boost efficiency, support the Government’s prompt payment initiative for Small and Medium businesses, and help maintain cash flow to suppliers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/01/2024 11:38:15 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry