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Department of Health and Social Care: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

Asked by Emily ThornberryLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 December 2024UIN 19655

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) his core Department and (b) executive agencies of his Department at the end of calendar years (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.

Answered by Karin Smyth

In relation to the number of Government procurement cards held by staff within the core Department, I refer the Hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury to the answer given on 18 January 2024 to Question PQ8714.

In addition, the following table shows the number of cards held by the Department’s two executive agencies, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), in 2022 and 2023:

Executive agency

2022

2023

UKHSA

120

80

MHRA

194

182

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