FOI/202600501700 · FOI · unclear
Scottish Government staff and Ministerial credit card information: FOI release
Information requested
Information in relation to credit cards that have been issued to staff working for the Scottish Government including Ministers.
1) Please advise the total expenditure on these cards?
2) Can this please be given from year 2017 until the present date, with a break down year by year?
3) Can you also please confirm that there are receipts for all expenditure on each of these credit cards?
Response
Please see the below table which breaks down the total expenditure by financial year on Scottish Government procurement cards, travel & subsistence cards and ministerial card;
Financial Year Procurement Card Spend Travel & Subsistence Card Spend Ministerial Card Spend 17/18 £2,122,202.51 £48,740.68 N/A 18/19 £3,345,839.00 £80,711.62 N/A 19/20 £4,122,343.82 £86,457.12 N/A 20/21 £3,793,129.95 £1,178.19 N/A 21/22 £3,952,205.51 £14,143.63 N/A 22/23 £6,390,487.62 £58,427.17 N/A 23/24 £3,579,920.57 £36,764.15 N/A 24/25 £2,799,313.51 £24,589.24 £143.69 25/26 £2,203,784.35 £17,965.00 £0.00 Total Spend £32,309,226.84 £368,976.80 £143.69
In line with our purchasing card policy receipts and invoices must be obtained for all transactions and kept for three years. If requested the cardholder is expected to provide receipts and/or invoices within ten working days. Travel and Subsistence and ministerial cardholders must provide receipts for all expenditure, except mileage allowances and toll charges.
I would also like to draw your attention to our regular published spend for transactions over £500 for electronic Purchasing Cards (ePC): Government spend over £500: monthly reports - gov.scot and also our monthly and annual reports of Scottish Government spend over £25,000 Government spend over £25,000: Government spend over £25,000: monthly and annual reports - gov.scot.
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