Written questions by Thornberry.

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 9609 on Department for Business and Trade: Ministers' Private Offices, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department and its predecessor Departments between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024; and on what items this was spent.

All facilities management services, including the procurement of furniture and undertaking of refurbishments, are carried out on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade, by the Government Property Agency (GPA).The GPA have confirmed that they did not undertake any refurbishment work to Ministers offices in Old Admiralty Building, London, during the period specified.Any ministerial furniture requests are administered by the GPA on behalf of the department and no central records are maintained by the department of such requests.

How many government procurement cards were held by staff within (a) his core Department and its predecessor departments and (b) executive agencies of those departments at the end of calendar years (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.

UKSBS have confirmed the following numbers of government procurement cards were held by the Department for Business and Trade/Department for International Trade: DepartmentYearGPC Cards heldDepartment for Business and Trade/Department for International Trade2023211Department for International Trade2022171 UKSBS have confirmed that totals for executive agencies are not held.

How much his Department spent on government procurement card purchases (a) above and (b) below £500 net of refunded payments in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.

The Department for Business and Trade (formerly Department for International Trade until July 2023) publishes all government procurement card (GPC) spend of over £500. This is available at: a) (i) GPC spend over £500 for 2022:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-spending-over-500-for-2022 (ii) GPC spend over £500 for 2023 (Jan to June)https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-spending-over-500-for-2023 GPC spend over £500 for 2023 (July and August)https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbt-spending-over-500 GPC spend over £500 for 2023 (September to December)£57,661.27 b) (i) GPC spend below £500 for 2022:£233,872.67 (ii) GPC spend below £500 for 2023:£380,373.90The guiding policy setting out the requirement to publish GPC transactions over £500 remains in place. Guidance is available to all government departments on gov.uk at the following link:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e8b402686650c18ce2cb541/Procurement_Cards_-_Pan_Government_Policy_V4_06042020.pdf The policy clearly sets out the standard that departments must publish to which covers transaction date, transaction reference, merchant name and the amount spent.