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Public Expenditure: Cost Effectiveness

Asked by John GlenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 32971

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role management consultants will play in determining efficiency savings for phase 2 of the Spending Review.

Answered by Darren Jones

There is no formal role for management consultants in determining efficiency savings.

In developing their plans for the forthcoming Spending Review departments will need to find 5% savings and efficiencies against their current budgets, to help drive out waste and ensure all funding is focused on the Government’s priorities.

The Government will set out its spending plans in the multi-year Spending Review in June 2025.

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