Ms Suzanne Campion:

Fadó, fadó, there were imprest accounts given to a lot of staff who were on field work. It was proving incredibly difficult to get the claims back on imprest accounts so credit cards replaced imprest accounts. They were gradually reduced. The main thing to say is that pretty much everything that goes through a credit card is through the normal procurement procedure. If you need quotes for a purchase, you still need them if you are doing it by credit.