Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) her core Department and (b) executive agencies of her Department at the end of calendar years (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Andrew Western
a.) We do not hold this data historically, as the system (Smart Data Online SDOL) that we use to record ePCS management information will only give us a list of active cardholders' data as of today's date; we do not have the capability to look back as of the time required.
b.) After confirming the numbers for executive agencies bodies, the numbers of active cardholders were:
Health and Safety Executive:
2022 – 47
2023 – 38
Office for Nuclear Regulation:
2022 – 8
2023 – 11
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