Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to reduce waste across Government.

The Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group was formed in June 2010 to drive reforms that improve public services, deliver savings and reduce wasteful expenditure.

On 10 June my Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor and I announced savings through efficiency and reform of central government of £14.3bn for 2013-2014 against a 2009/10 baseline. These savings are both recurring and non-recurring items and include £5.4bn from procurement and commercial savings, £3.3bn in project savings and £4.7bn from workforce reform and pensions savings.