Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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

The number of cardholders in the Department for the dates in question was 86 as of 31 December 2022, 89 as of 31 March 2023, and 92 as of 31 December 2023.