Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against her Department’s budget using a Government procurement card from 7 February to 31 December 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.

The majority of Government procurement cards remain registered on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy account and have not yet transitioned to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The Department is therefore unable to provide information regarding transactions that relate solely to DESNZ for the full timeframe requested.

However, the following data is from transactions made from 29^th July 2023 onwards and entered onto the DESNZ ledger from 1^st September 2023:

• No. of Transactions (with a value of less than £500): 1,475
• Total Value: £96,357.18