Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 in February 2022, what goods or services were purchased from (a) Fraser Hart on 7 February 2022, (b) EB Bespoke Cabinet on 8 February 2022, and (c) The Gestalt Centre Ltd. on 8 February 2022, and for what purpose were they required.

Transaction (a) was a fraudulent transaction. The full amount was refunded and card cancelled after being reported to the card issuer and was not perpetrated by a civil servant. Internal Cabinet Office fraud reporting protocols were followed from the outset.

Transaction (b) The training was purchased for LGBT+ mental health interventions as part of the then D&I priorities plan.

Transaction (c) was for modules of the Gestalt Centre’s Group Facilitation Certification for individual staff learning and development.