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1681109

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many purchases with a value less than £500 were made against the budget of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy through a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 7 February 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <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>Procurement cards are used as defined by the departmental procurement acquisition model, agreed by procurement and finance colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>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><p>Transactions less than £500 were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Calendar Year 2022:</p><p>1) No. of Transactions: 5340</p><p>2) Value: £302557.24</p><p> </p><p>1st Jan 2023 to 7th Feb 2023(inc):</p><p>1) No. of Transactions: 582</p><p>2) Value: £42442.47</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/01/2024 11:53:09 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1567726

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 119033 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how much his Department spent on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a Government procurement card in 2021-22; and how many purchases with a value of less than £500 his Department made on a Government procurement card in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	125289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department only has the value by financial year, BEIS spent £213k in 2021/22 on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card. The total amount was made up of 3,473 transactions however one transaction may contain number of purchases. To identify individual purchase items can only be obtained disproportionally.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 20/01/2023 14:36:15 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1565082

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, for what taxi services was Addison Lee paid £3,700.57 on 5 March 2021; and for what reason those services were required by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	118908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The travel was provided for staff working early or late shifts on emergency response work during the pandemic. Taxis were provided for travel into the office due to the unusual hours involved and the Covid19 restrictions affecting public transport in place at the time.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/01/2023 12:37:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1565128

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a Government procurement card in 2021; and how many purchases with a value of less than £500 his Department made on a Government procurement card in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	119033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department only has the value by financial year, BEIS spent £248k in 2020/21 on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card. The total amount was made up of 2,965 transactions however one transaction may contain number of purchases. To identify individual purchase items can only be obtained disproportionally.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/01/2023 12:38:13 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1565131

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card in July 2022, for how many (a) individuals and (b) nights accommodation was purchased at the Grand Hotel Petersberg on 1 July 2022; and what the purpose was of the stay at that hotel.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	119034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Greg Hands MP, attended the Petersberg Summer Dialogue at the Grand Hotel Petersberg in Koenigswinter, Germany, for two nights 1<sup>st</sup> – 3<sup>rd</sup> July.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/01/2023 12:46:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521912

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, what the (a) purpose of, (b) location of and (c) guest list was for the event for which Spiers Salads was paid £5,594.13 on 23 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The payment to Spiers Salads was for the supply of food for one week for the BEIS Response Team in 1 Victoria Street during lockdown. Payment was made by GPC card as all our usual suppliers had shut at short notice when London entered tier 4 restrictions.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 17:04:41 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521916

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, at which Nicholson’s establishment was £577.50 spent on catering on 21 March 2022; what was the purpose of that event; and who were the attendees.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department spent £577.50 on catering from The Feathers, Broadway SW1H 0BH for an internal all-day Directorate meeting for 125 people.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/10/2022 14:05:52 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521919

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, (a) for the accommodation of which individuals was (i) £1,989 paid to B.O.G. Hotel in Colombia on 13 and 23 March 2022, (ii) £661.38 paid to Antigua Yacht Club Marina on 13 May 2022, and (iii) £931.24 paid to Renaissance Hotel in Chicago on 25 May 2022, and (b) in each case, what was the purpose of their visit.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The majority of BEIS hotels are booked through the Department’s corporate travel provider. In each of these cases, the bookings were organised by the hosting organisation with hotels chosen based on security, location, and available preferential rates. (i) Government officials travelled to Colombia to take part in international discussions on climate change; (ii) Government officials travelled to Antigua to attend a UN-led Green Climate Fund meeting; (iii) one Government official attended the Ernst and Young Innovation Realised event.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 17:04:15 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521920

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for what products was Park Retail Ltd. paid £398,716.16 from March 2021 to March 2022; which individuals were the end recipients of these products; and who was responsible for paying any tax due on these products as benefits in kind.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Park Retail Ltd supply non-cash award vouchers to the Department. These vouchers support BEIS’s performance management reward structure and recipients are BEIS staff at all pay grades. Tax on vouchers given to BEIS employees is paid by BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 17:03:48 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521923

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for what purpose was £849.60 paid to Kahoot! ASA on 12 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>£849.60 was paid to Kahoot! ASA for material for the Government Science and Engineering Profession stalls at Civil Service Live events across the country. This material was used to deliver practical demonstrations of information conveyed by the team at the events.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/10/2022 14:04:44 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry