Departments: Credit Cards

David Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent by staff in his Department via departmental (a) credit, (b) procurement and (c) fuel cards in each of the last three years.

Mr. Thomas
Department for International Development spend on departmental credit, procurement and fuel cards in the last three years is set out in the following table.

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|Financial year                                    |Credit card|Procurement card|Fuel card|Total for year|
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|2004                                              |41,980     |127,840         |0        |169,820       |
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|2005                                              |56,981     |2,594,110       |0        |2,651,091     |
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|2006                                              |16,567     |2,684,785       |0        |2,701,352     |
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|Year to date                                      |10         |770,182         |0        |770,182       |
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|1 The use of the credit card ceased in August 2006|           |                |         |              |
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