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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

Asked by Emily ThornberryLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 18 December 2024UIN 18910

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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 Michael Shanks

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) was created in February 2023, so no information is held for periods prior to that date.

However, even though DESNZ was set up in February 2023, the spilt across GPC cards was not done at that point and was much later, all data prior to 2024 was recorded as BEIS, so we hold no DESNZ data for 2023.

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