Asked by: Chris Davies (Conservative - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures his Department is putting in place to make government more cost-effective.
Answered by Ben Gummer
Improving the efficiency and productivity of the public sector is central to the work of the Cabinet Office and other government Departments. By 2014/15 the Government had saved £18.6 billion through efficiency and reform.
The government is continuing this work. For example, we are working to improve how the government operates across functional areas such as commercial, property, infrastructure and projects, and by tackling fraud, error and debt. We will continue to make government more effective throughout this parliament.
Asked by: Chris Davies (Conservative - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of guidance published on the gov.uk website in each of the last five years; what the mean and range costs are of producing each piece of advice; and how many pieces of guidance were produced in each of the last five years.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The costs for GOV.UK are accounted for with other costs for the Government Digital Service and published in the Cabinet Office Report and Accounts as part of the Efficiency and Reform Group.
Departments also produce and publish their own material onto GOV.UK so some costs will rest with them.