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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 104037

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the October 2025 publication of FCDO spending on government procurement cards over £500, a) what furniture was bought from SOHO HOME LTD for £28,979.00 and b) where the furniture will be located within the FCDO Estate.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The expenditure in question was not subject to direct ministerial approval, but I am informed that it related to furnishings for representational areas within the UK's mission at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, and will be reused across the representational areas of our overseas estate over the course of their lifespan.

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