Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 4696 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, if she will list each efficiency saving and its value for the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years.

In July the Government published a list of immediate savings for both 2024-25 and 2025-26 within the Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2024-25. These savings included reducing spending on consultancy, administration budgets, communications, and public sector estates.

At the recent Spending Review for 2025-26 the government set a 2% target for efficiency, productivity and savings for all departments. Departments are responsible for managing their budgets and delivering efficiency savings. Departments are not currently mandated to publish their efficiency savings.

The Government will set out its further plans on efficiencies in the multi-year Spending Review that will conclude Spring 2025.