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) £1,179.74 to Ali Health Sdn Bhd on 7 November 2021, (b) Ingredienta on 23 September 2021, (c) £1,385.97 to British Airways on 24 September 2021, (d) £821.23 to Abdullah Bin Taleb Co. on 17 October 2021 and (e) £1,378.06 to Food Equipment Supplying Co. on 21 October 2021.

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.