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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

Commons · Question 104037 · Tabled 7 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 9 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the October 2025 publication of FCDO spending on government procurement cards over £500, a) what furniture was bought from SOHO HOME LTD for £28,979.00 and

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 9 Mar 2026

The expenditure in question was not subject to direct ministerial approval, but I am informed that it related to furnishings for representational areas within the UK's mission at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, ...