Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

(asked on 10th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 30 November 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 18th January 2024

In Calendar Year 2022 the Department recorded 175,053 transactions with a value of less than £500 and the total cost of these purchases has been calculated at £20,035,940.81.

Between 1 January 2023 and 30 November 2023 the Department recorded 167,839 transactions with a value of less than £500 and the total cost of these purchases has been calculated at £16,168,468.94.

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