Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

(asked on 12th September 2024) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024, to Question 2625, on Prime Minister: Public Expenditure, what the monetary value is of the 2% administrative savings that each individual government department and public body will be expected to make; and in which financial years those savings will fall.


Answered by
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
This question was answered on 11th October 2024

As part of the tough measures the Chancellor is taking to address the £22bn inheritance, departments were asked to reduce their admin budgets by 2%, saving £225 million across departments. 2024-25 administration budgets are set out in 2024 Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA).

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