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Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 105537

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 88684 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, whether efficiency savings are reported to her Department.

Answered by James Murray

Departments report efficiency savings to HM Treasury every quarter, as set out in the Government Efficiency Framework.

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