Government Departments: Procurement

House of Lords written question – answered at on 20 December 2011.

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Photo of Lord Prescott Lord Prescott Labour

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) date of purchase, (2) amount, (3) supplier and (4) level 3 or enhanced transaction entry of each transaction undertaken by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs using the Government Procurement Card in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09, (d) 2009-10, and (e) 2010-11.

Photo of Lord Taylor of Holbeach Lord Taylor of Holbeach The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

This Government are committed to transparency about its spending through government procurement cards.

In October we began to publish detailed information on transactions over £500 for 2011-12 for the core department on our website and will continue to do so on a monthly basis. The information can be found at: http://data.gov.uk/dataset/defra-qpc-spend-over-500-pounds

Information on transactions over £500 in core Defra for 2010/11 will be published by the end of March 2012.

The work required to obtain, contextualise and report data from the previous three years, or for transactions under £500, could only be done at disproportionate cost.

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