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Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 105536

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has accepted the recommendations in the report by the Office for Value for Money entitled The OVfM report, published on 26 November 2025.

Answered by James Murray

The government has accepted the recommendations set out by the Office for Value for Money. This was set out in paragraph 1.7 of the OVfM report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-office-for-value-for-money-report.

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