Question follow-through · 19657
Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) his core Department and its predecessor departments and (b) executive agencies of those departments at the end of calendar years (i)
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) his core Department and its predecessor departments and (b) executive agencies of those departments at the end of calendar years (i)
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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19 Dec 2024
Answer published
UKSBS have confirmed the following numbers of government procurement cards were held by the Department for Business and Trade/Department for International Trade: DepartmentYearGPC Cards heldDepartment for Business and Trade/Department for International Tr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Department for Business and Trade: Ministers' Private Offices
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