Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against his Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31 March 2023 and (c) 31 December 2023.

In response to your request for information of how many government procurement cards were held by people at the three given dates please refer to the data provided below.

31 December 2022 = 245

31 March 2023 = 251

31 December 2023 = 232