The UK Border Agency has announced that they will be using prepaid cards for Section 4 payments to asylum seekers. These payments are for failed asylum seekers who are awaiting deportation. Prepaid cards will replace an existing voucher system which is administered through Councils and other partners alongside UKBA's payments supplier Sodexo. A regional pilot scheme is expected to go live this summer, with a nationwide roll-out to follow.
This report marks the fifth year of Ticon’s compiling and publishing of the Government Procurement Card annual report. 2008 accounts for over £165m savings across over 1,300 active programmes in the UK public sector, click here to download (pdf).
To really make procurement savings you need to know not just where you spend money, but what you spend and whether that spend is essential. If you really want to understand where to make savings, talk to us.
Will the announcement of a public sector pay freeze see large numbers of public sector workers seeking early retirement? And how many will return as consultants?
Prepaid cards 
This report marks the fifth year of Ticon’s compiling and publishing of the Government Procurement Card annual report. 2008 accounts for over £165m savings across over 1,300 active programmes in the UK public sector, 
To really make procurement savings you need to know not just where you spend money, but what you spend and whether that spend is essential. If you really want to understand where to make savings, talk to us.