Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the Government's development of proposals to cut 91,000 civil service jobs.

Departments are constantly working to ensure the cost of Government is no greater than it needs to be to deliver for the public. Recent activity on workforce proposals will inform how departments maximise efficiency within their budgets, to ensure that the Government is using taxpayers’ money sustainably in the long term.