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Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled DWP and CMG: spending over £500, July 2024, published on 3 September 2024, for what reason her Department spent (a) £533 at Back Market, (b)
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 15 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled DWP and CMG: spending over £500, July 2024, published on 3 September 2024, for what reason her Department spent (a) £533 at Back Market, (b)
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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25 Nov 2024
Answer published
All these transactions would fall into the ‘Barrier Spend’ Category which is where the Flexible Support Fund (FSF) should be considered to remove barriers that are a) preventing claimants from moving closer to the job market, b) hindering a claimant’s sea...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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