Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 7 May 2024.

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Photo of Steve Reed Steve Reed Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of government procurement card spending by his Department in each year since 2010.

Photo of Mark Spencer Mark Spencer The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The table below sets out total expenditure using government procurement cards for the given financial years. Information relating to 2010 to 2016 is not readily available.

Financial Year

Amount

2016-17

£147,167

2017-18

£474,619

2018-19

£1,324,366

2019-20

£1,311,324

2020-21

£698,353

2021-22

£584,345

2022-23

£660,352

2023-24

£646,102

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