Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) his core Department and (b) executive agencies of his Department at the end of calendar years (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
The table below sets out the number of cardholders at the end of each calendar year, by organisation.
| 2022 | 2023 |
Core Department | 235 | 292 |
Animal and Plant Health Agency | 64 | 63 |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | 266 | 357 |
Rural Payments Agency | 11 | 11 |
Veterinary Medicines Directorate | 15 | 14 |