Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 1783

Scotland Office: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 25 July 2024
Answered: 31 July 2024

Question

John Lamont

ConservativeBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he plans to (a) implement and (b) cancel efficiency savings budgeted for by the previous Government for (i) his Department and (ii) departmental arm's length bodies; and what plans he has for further suc

Answer

Ian Murray
Decisions regarding budgets for this year were set in the last spending review and for future years will be a matter for the upcoming comprehensive spending review which my department is engaging in. The uncovering of £22bn of in-year hidden pressures has...

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