Government doubles card spending to £305 million
28 August 2012
Expenditure on the Government Procurement Card (GPC) doubled last year and efficiency savings of £50 million were made, according to its annual report.
A total of £304.6 million was spent by more than 46,000 card holders across the UK public sector. And 65 new public bodies went live with the GPC in 2003, taking the total number to 277 - a 31 per cent increase.
Office supplies were the most purchased item, followed by temporary labour.
The report, Delivering Efficiency Savings Across the Public Sector,...