Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 88855

Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61227 on Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure, how many lines of activity in his Department were considered as part of the zero based

Answer

Kate Dearden
At Spending Review 2025, the government conducted the first zero-based review (ZBR) of department budgets in 18 years, with every line of spending scrutinised to ensure value for money.Through the zero-based review, the Department for Business and Trade c...

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