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Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 18 November 2025UIN 88684

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2024 to Question 11978 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, if her Department holds data that breaks down how the savings were delivered by each department.

Answered by James Murray

All savings and investments announced at the July statement in 2024 were factored into the departmental budgets. Departments are responsible for managing spend within that budget.

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