Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 31794 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how many people working in her Department’s executive agencies held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against her Department's budget as of 31 March 2022.

The number of electronic purchasing card holders in each of Defra’s executive agencies is as follows.

Animal and Plant Health Agency: 50

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: 266

Rural Payments Agency: 12

Veterinary Medicines Directorate: 12