Question follow-through · 21250
Department for Business and Trade: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of potential efficiency savings (a) his Department and (b) in arms length bodies for which his Department is responsible.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of potential efficiency savings (a) his Department and (b) in arms length bodies for which his Department is responsible.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2025
Answer published
At the announcement of Phase 2 of the 2025 Spending Review, departments have been set a target of identifying efficiency savings of 5% by 2029. Through the spending review process my department will be carrying out the required work to identify options fo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
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Foreign Investment in UK: India
19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the list of attendees of the Indian Business Leaders delegation meeting of 18 December 2024.
Industrial Strategy Council: Public Appointments
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Rules of Origin
27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Pan-Euro-Mediterranian Convention on Rules of Origin.