The total expenditure and total number of transactions on the Government Procurement Cards (GPC) held by departmental officials and service personnel over the last five years is detailed as follows:
Expenditure (£) Transactions 2007-08 231,103,509 819,903 2006-07 218,631,506 754,329 2005-06 202,499,078 714,471 2004-05 168,594,451 627,006 2003-04 100,438,586 401,980
Since its implementation in the MOD, the GPC has achieved total process and administration cost savings of £101,894,044, based on the NAO savings figure of £28 per transaction. A breakdown of this is shown in the following table:
Transactions Savings (£) 2007-08 819,903 22,957,284 2006-07 754,329 21,121,212 2005-06 714,471 20,005,188 2004-05 627,006 17,556,168 2003-04 401,980 11,255,440 2002-03 227,725 6,376,300 2001-02 61,296 1,716,288 2000-01 30,155 844,340 1999-2000 2,208 61,824 Total 3,639,073 101,894,044