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 of (a) £2657.86 to Workwear Express between 26 November 2021 and 19 January 2022, (b) £5,356.93 to Sports Direct between 17 December 2021 and 19 January 2022 and (c) £1,124.28 to Charles Tyrwhitt between 24 and 30 March 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.