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Question follow-through · 105897

Department for Transport: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the efficiency savings attributed to executive agency reform will be permanent.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the efficiency savings attributed to executive agency reform will be permanent.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport efficiencies quoted in the Departmental Efficiency Plan are in line with the Government Efficiency Framework. In particular, the Government Efficiency Framework states that efficiencies “… should be sustainable (recurring)” an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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