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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) his core Department and (b) executive agencies of his Department at the end of calendar years (i) 2022 and

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
6 Jan 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) his core Department and (b) executive agencies of his Department at the end of calendar years (i) 2022 and

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We are unable to provide data as at the end of the calendar years requested, but in mid-January 2023 and 2024 respectively: Core Department Government Procurement Cards (GPCs) held = i) 4,590 ii) 5,472Executive Agencies of department GPCs held = i) nil ii...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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