Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, whether he will publish his correspondence of 20 May 2015 with government departments.
I wrote to government departments on 20 May, to ask them to identify savings and achieve underspends this year.
The Chancellor announced on 4 June £3bn of departmental savings in 2015-16. These savings will be achieved through further efficiency savings, tighter control of budgets to drive underspends in year, and driving through asset sales