HC Deb 19 October 1998 vol 317 c978W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what use(a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. [55179]

Mr. Milburn

The Department is about to begin a study which will identify the scope for introducing the Government Procurement Card in the Department. A decision about the use of the card will be made in the light of this work.