Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 31 October 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.

In response to your request please refer to the data below for details of purchases of less than £500 on a physical Government Procurement Card (GPC).

a) Total purchases 01/01/2022-31/12/2022 = 1,767 with a value of £194,605.36

b) Total purchases 01/01/2023-31/10/2023 = 2,672 with a value of £452,662.48