Question follow-through · 88852

Home Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61219 on Government Departments: Reviews, how many lines of activity in her Department were considered as part of the zero based review.

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Home Office
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61219 on Government Departments: Reviews, how many lines of activity in her Department were considered as part of the zero based review.

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    At Spending Review 2025, the government conducted the first zero-based review (ZBR) of department budgets in 18 years, with every line of spending scrutinised to ensure value for money.Through the zero-based review, the Home Office carried out a line by l...

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