Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 47402, if the payments made by his Department to the official Norwich City Football Club online store of (a) £1,318 on 21 October 2021, and (b) £523.50 on 21 March 2022, were subject to his Department’s normal assurance checks on the use of government procurement cards.

Yes we are content that the referenced payment was subject to normal FCDO controls and in line with government procurement card policy. These were payments for an overseas shared values children's project.