Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much his Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Department for Science Innovation and Technology does not hold the requested information for 2022 as DSIT was established in February 2023. The total department spent on government procurement card purchases between February 2023 to December 2023 are outlined below:
a) Above £500 - total £114,646
b) Below £500 - total £78,502
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
DCMS publishes departmental transaction level data on government procurement card purchases for transactions over £500 in accordance with policy. The guiding policy setting out the requirement to publish GPC transactions over £500 remains in place.
Guidance is available to all government departments on gov.uk at the following link:
The most recent publication of expenditure via GPCs at DCMS is available using the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-spending-over-500-october-2024
With regards to transactions above £500, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport spent the following (minus refunds) via Government Procurement Cards:
i. 2022 - £168,578.66
ii. 2023 - £125,104.19
In relation to transactions below £500, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport spent the following (minus refunds) via Government Procurement Cards:
i. 2022 - £89,996.23
ii. 2023 - £89,065.33
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The table below shows the government procurement card spend split by transactions above £500 and transactions of £500 and below for the 2022 and 2023 calendar years. Figures are net of refunded payments.
| 2022 | 2023 |
Value of GPC purchases above £500 | £59,801.33 | £286,902.08 |
Value of GPC purchases of £500 and below | £197,628.68 | £524,973.18 |
(Source: Smart Data Online)
Information about payments above £500 can be found here: DWP and CMG spending over £500 - GOV.UK
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Alex Norris - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Details of the department spend on government procurement cards can be found here.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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 Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The following number of Government procurement cards (GPCs) were held at:
Date | Active cards in core department | Active cards in executive agencies |
31 December 2022 | 74 | 1135 |
31 December 2023 | 95 | 1182 |
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
The total GPC Expenditure for 2022 financial year is £2,815,250.58
The total GPC Expenditure for 2023 financial year is £2,333,928.42
The expenditure over £500.00 for each financial year is published on the Government website and can be found using the following link:
Home Office spending - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Government Procurement Card (GPC) spending over £500 Transparency data for the Ministry of Justice is published on GOV.UK.
The published data for both 2022 and 2023 can be found at:
The total spend for transactions under £500 on GPC is set out in the table below:
| Total 1 January – 31 December 2022 | Total 1 January – 31 December 2023 |
Under £500 including refunds | 28,370,116.77 | 31,559,138.10 |