Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, for what purpose payments were made (a) of £32,443.91 to Aimie Machado between 8 September 2021 and 16 May 2022, (b) of £7,084.34 to Kate Lennard between 5 March and 6 April 2022 and (c) to Miko 1031 between 9 June 2021 and 25 July 2022.

The information requested in your 45 questions of 5 September regarding the FCDO's published Government Procurement Card expenditure https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-government-procurement-card-spending-over-500-june-2022 is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.