Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, 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 Justin Madders
The Department for Business and Trade (formerly Department for International Trade until July 2023) publishes all government procurement card (GPC) spend of over £500. This is available at:
a) (i) GPC spend over £500 for 2022:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-spending-over-500-for-2022
(ii) GPC spend over £500 for 2023 (Jan to June)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-spending-over-500-for-2023
GPC spend over £500 for 2023 (July and August)
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbt-spending-over-500
GPC spend over £500 for 2023 (September to December)
£57,661.27
b) (i) GPC spend below £500 for 2022:
£233,872.67
(ii) GPC spend below £500 for 2023:
£380,373.90
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.
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