Question follow-through · 95309
Civil Service: Expenditure
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce spending on the Civil Service.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce spending on the Civil Service.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
This Government is relentlessly targeting waste and driving efficiencies to deliver a leaner Civil Service. At the Autumn Budget the Government announced that back-office administration costs will be reduced by 16% by 2029-30, to save money and focus reso...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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