Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for February 2022, what services were purchased from (a) Bolsons Ltd on 16 February 2022 and (b) Boss Media between 18 and 22 February 2022; and for what purposes those services were required.

The payment to Bolsons was for stationery and equipment at the British High Commission in Kingston. The Boss Media spend was part of a project to improve the data processing and user experience of the Export to Japan platform, which has over 10,000 registered members and helps provide information on the Japanese market to UK businesses. Expenditure was subject to normal controls.