Question follow-through · 119057

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105537 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, what datasets are Departments required to submit to her Department quarterly as part of the Government Effi

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About this written question

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
11 Mar 2026
Answer
16 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105537 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, what datasets are Departments required to submit to her Department quarterly as part of the Government Effi

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government Efficiency Framework sets out guidance on how departments should monitor and report the delivery and realisation of efficiency savings.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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