Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for what products was Park Retail Ltd. paid £398,716.16 from March 2021 to March 2022; which individuals were the end recipients of these products; and who was responsible for paying any tax due on these products as benefits in kind.

Park Retail Ltd supply non-cash award vouchers to the Department. These vouchers support BEIS’s performance management reward structure and recipients are BEIS staff at all pay grades. Tax on vouchers given to BEIS employees is paid by BEIS.