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Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

Asked by Emily ThornberryLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 19 December 2024UIN 19657

The question

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

Answered by Justin Madders

UKSBS have confirmed the following numbers of government procurement cards were held by the Department for Business and Trade/Department for International Trade:

Department

Year

GPC Cards held

Department for Business and Trade/Department for International Trade

2023

211

Department for International Trade

2022

171

UKSBS have confirmed that totals for executive agencies are not held.

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