Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Georgia Gould
The guiding policy setting out the requirement to publish GPC transactions over £500 remains in place. Guidance is available to all government departments on gov.uk at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e8b402686650c18ce2cb541/Procurement_Cards_-_Pan_Government_Policy_V4_06042020.pdf
In support of the Government’s Transparency agenda, the Cabinet Office publishes GPC spend data over £500 on gov.uk. Details of Cabinet Office spend on government procurement card purchases over £500 can be found in the table below. Details of spend under £500 is not published.
Financial Year | Total spend on purchases over £500 |
2022/23 | £1,210,718.39 |
2023/24 | £1,054,654.09 |
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