FOI/202500473494 · FOI · partially withheld
Electronic Purchasing Card (ePC) spend: FOI release
Information requested
I note that you publish monthly reports of spend over £500 on the Scottish Government's electronic Purchasing Cards (ePC) https://www.gov.scot/collections/government-spend-over-gbp500-monthly reports/
A list of payments below £500 to cover March this year. Please include the merchant name, transaction date, amount and as much information as possible on what the payment was for - e.g. the title of the book being purchased, or item of equipment, or event for which a hotel was booked.
Response
I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested. I have responded in the same format for request of 202500470268 and include the merchant name, transaction date, amount and as much information as possible on what the payment was for.
Please note there are some blank line item descriptions, this is where the cardholder has not included the line level detail.
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
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Detected exemption language
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.