Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 Daniel Zeichner
(a) Published departmental transaction level data on government procurement
card (GPC) purchases for transactions over £500 in accordance with policy are at the following link:
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:
The policy clearly sets out the standard that departments must publish to which covers
transaction date, transaction reference, merchant name and the amount spent.
(b) The following table sets out the core department’s expenditure using government procurement cards for transactions under £500 for each of the calendar years stated.
2022 | 2023 | |
Value of Transactions under £500 | £356,046 | £388,007 |
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