Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 6 February 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what guidance or instructions have been issued to staff in (a) his Department and (b) its arm's length bodies about the timing of the publication of data relating to spend over (i) £25,000 and (ii) £500 using the Government Procurement Card.
Guidance on the timing of publication of departmental spending and procurement card data under the Transparency Agenda has been issued by HM Treasury and the Ministry of Justice respectively. This has been disseminated by DECC to its finance staff and further cascaded by e-mail to the Department's arm's length bodies.
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has further instructed that publication of expenditure should include all expenditure over £500 rather than over £25,000.
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