Written Question·Treasury·UIN 44962

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 23 April 2025
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Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.45 of the Spring Statement 2025, 26 March 2025, CP1298, what the monetary value is of the baseline spending on administrative budgets on which the 15% saving will be based; what the bas

Answer

Darren Jones
The 15% saving on administration budgets will be made against the counterfactual assumption that these budgets would have remained flat in real terms over the period 2025-26 to 2029-30. The £2.2 billion represents the value of this 15% saving in the final...

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