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Jonathan Ashworth

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Ministerial Correction

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Tue 26th Feb 2013
Ministerial Correction
Wednesday 13th February 2013

(11 years, 9 months ago)

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Government Procurement Card
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) staff and (b) special advisers in his Department have use of a Government Procurement Card.

[Official Report, 17 January 2013, Vol. 556, c. 891-2W.]

Letter of correction from Mark Francois:

An error has been identified in the written answer given on 17 January 2013 to the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth).

The full answer given was as follows:

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Currently, 11,614 Government Procurement Cards (GPC) are in issue with the Ministry of Defence. This is a reduction of over 25% compared to the figure of 16,009 GPC cards in issue in 2009. Not all cards are issued individually to staff on a one to one basis. The special advisers have not been issued with a GPC.

The correct answer should have been:

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