Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, which five organisations received the highest shares of the £277,886.82 paid to member organisations; and what was the main purpose of those payments.

The five organisations that received the highest shares of ePC spend on 'member organisations' between January and May 2022 and the main purpose of those payments are as follows:

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) - professional qualifications/memberships (commercial staff)

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - professional qualifications/memberships (infrastructure staff)

Phonographic Performance Ltd/Performing Rights Society (PPL PRS) - Music licences

Wilmington Plc - MOD police specialist training

Institute of Directors - Senior management training