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Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 61217 on Government Departments: Reviews, how many lines of activity in his department were considered as part of the zero based review.

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 10 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 12 Nov 2025
Answer: 17 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 61217 on Government Departments: Reviews, how many lines of activity in his department were considered as part of the zero based review.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The 2025 Spending Review included a zero-based review of spending. The Department scrutinised every line of spending to ensure that it is delivering value for money. The review covered resource budgets across the full Department Group, defined as the Depa...

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