Question follow-through · 35243

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the suitability of adopting similar international government models including the (a) US Office of Management and Budget and (b) Department for Government Efficie

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
6 Mar 2025
Answer
10 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the suitability of adopting similar international government models including the (a) US Office of Management and Budget and (b) Department for Government Efficie

  2. 6 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Departments have agreed a 2% productivity, efficiency and savings target in the first phase of the Spending Review and have been set a stretching 5% target in the second phase. This target is to be delivered via efficiencies and savings from innovative te...

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