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Department for Business and Trade: Cost Effectiveness

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 6 August 2024UIN 1712

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has for new efficiency savings in (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies.

Answered by Justin Madders

The government is taking action to make efficiency savings across back-office functions and communications and stopping non-essential spending on consultants. Further details are set out in Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2-24-25.

To support the government’s ambition of making efficiency savings my department is working with the Treasury to identify opportunities to deliver the necessary saving.

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