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Amount spent on States purchase cards by Chief Officers and secretaries

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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY DEPUTY P.V.F. LE CLAIRE OF ST. HELIER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2010

Question

How  much  money  was  spent  on  purchase  cards  by  Chief  Officers  in  the  last  2  years  by department and how much was spent by their secretaries on purchase cards for the same period?

Answer

 

Period 1st September 2008 to 31st August 2010

Department

Amount (£)

Chief Officer

PA / Secretary

Chief Minister's

6351.99

N/A

(Resources)

556.00

N/A

Treasury & Resources

518.24

6,354.78

Home Affairs

1,423.58

N/A

Economic Development

6,561.66

118.49

Education Sport & Culture

1,832.81

2,239.98

Health & Social Services

N/A

N/A

Housing

N/A

No PA / Secretary

Transport & Technical Services

555.31

256.07

Social Security

-

-

Planning & Environment

185.63

11,604.74

Jersey Harbours

24,738.11

2,003.54

Jersey Airport

21,323.68

4,967.63

  • N.B. During the stated period, States Departments moved to an automated reporting system for purchase card spending through JD Edwards. The figures reported do not include money spent prior to this move as this would involve resource-intensive and time-consuming analysis of monthly paper returns from card holders. The benefits of providing this information are not considered to outweigh the costs involved and would mean diverting staff from other critical activity or, potentially, buying in the resource needed. All Departments moved to  the  new  system  at  various  dates  throughout  the period.
  • Included are all Chief Officers of Ministerial Departments, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Chief Officer, Resources) and the Chief Officers of the Trading Departments.
  • Where N/A is stated – the person in that role does not hold a States purchase card.
  • As stated in Financial Direction 5.9 the Social Security Department do not use States purchase cards.
  • It should be noted that secretaries and PAs use their purchase cards for booking travel and accommodation for their whole departments and not just the Chief Officer in accordance with the States policy in respect of purchase cards.