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Prime Minister: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 April 2025UIN 43230

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Mass cancellation of government credit cards in crackdown on wasteful spend, published on 18 March 2025, how many Government Procurement Cards were held by 10 Downing

Answered by Georgia Gould

As of January 2025, 10 Downing Street held 45 Government Procurement Cards. In the Cabinet Office instructions were issued to the bank on 18 March 2025 to freeze the cards. The number of cards held by No. 10 remains under review.

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