Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce costs across Government departments in each of the next five years; and what estimate he has made of the resulting annual savings, by department.

Spending Review 2021 set UK Government Departmental budgets for the rest of this Parliament (up to 2024-25).

Individual Departmental budgets beyond 2024-25 will be set at the next Spending Review.

To control spending and reduce debt in accordance with the fiscal rules, the government is maintaining a consistent focus on tackling productivity across the public sector. I am leading an ambitious Public Sector Productivity Programme, which will reduce costs across government by changing the way we deliver public services, cutting down waste and reducing the amount of time spent on administrative tasks.