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 47438 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, if the payments made by his Department to (a) Hutan Kota by Plataran, (b) Kaum, and (c) Bhumi, in Jakarta, Indonesia on 11 November 2021 were subject to his Department’s normal assurance checks on the use of electronic purchasing cards.

Yes we are content that the referenced payments were subject to normal FCDO controls and were an appropriate use of public money.