Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: January 2023, published 31 May 2023, for (a) which individuals and (b) how many nights was accommodation purchased at (i) Hotel Taj Samudra on 20 January 2023 and (ii) JW Golf on 23 January 2023; and what was the purpose of those stays.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The purpose of these stays was to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meetings for G20 as well as provide diplomacy and engagement with the Sri Lankan government.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the services purchased from (i) Chauffeur Services North East Ltd on 18 May 2022 and (ii) RD Chauffeur Services on 13 August 2022.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The taxi services relate to transportation for HM Treasury and BEIS officials in Teesside and Belfast.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: February 2023, published 31 May 2023, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the furniture and fittings purchased on 3-6 February 2023 from Banner UK.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
This expenditure was for the installation of lockers for staff.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publications entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: July 2022 and August 2022, published 31 May 2023, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the conference services for which (i) Cherron Inko-Tariah was paid £3,339.99 on 13 July 2022, (ii) Terry Tew Sound & Light were paid £2,370 on 18 July 2022, and (iii) Livegroup Ltd were paid £7,389.26 on 11 August 2022.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The purpose of this expenditure was for events and conferences.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for April 2022, which teams in his Department have access to the digital whiteboard software purchased from Metro Retro on 20 April 2022; and for what purpose it is used.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Digital whiteboard software is vital for business planning and enables joint up remote working.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: October 2022, published 31 May 2023, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the furniture and fittings purchased on 25-26 October 2022 from (i) JW Plant & Co. Ltd and (ii) Crown Fine Art.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The expenditure is related to improvements to offices.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: July 2022, published 31 May 2023, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the services for which Burtt, Jones & Brewer were paid £4,140 on 13 July 2022.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
This spend relates to building services and a site survey.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: June 2022, published 31 May 2023, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the training for which The Insight Story Ltd. was paid £3,050.40 on 15 June 2022; and which teams in his Department received that training.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
This spend delivered Human Resources (HR) services in the form of management and leadership training, to HM Treasury staff.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: September 2022, published 31 May 2023, for (a) which individuals and (b) how many nights, was accommodation purchased at the Royal Livingstone Hotel on 4 September 2022; and what was the purpose of that stay.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Accommodation was purchased to facilitate attendance at East and South Africa Anti Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) meeting which is a Financial Action Taskforce style regional body (FSRB).
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: July 2022, published 31 May 2023, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the services for which Powtoon Ltd. were paid £2,396 on 13 September 2022.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The information requested refers to the payment for HM Treasury’s Powtoon user licenses.
The licenses were purchased initially for the creation of virtual training modules for staff during the Covid-19 lockdown.