Question follow-through · 57738
Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 44962 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, whether the 2025-26 baseline for the 15% saving in administration budgets includes departmental efficiency sav
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 44962 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, whether the 2025-26 baseline for the 15% saving in administration budgets includes departmental efficiency sav
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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13 Jun 2025
Answer published
The savings and efficiencies announced in July 2024 helped to address spending pressures identified through the public spending audit. These included a 2% savings against government administration budgets.In the Spring Statement, the Chancellor announced ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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