Department for Transport: Cost Effectiveness

(asked on 24th July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to paragraph 5.86 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June, what are the £663 million of technical efficiencies by category for each of the financial years until 2029–30.


Answered by
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 6th August 2025

Alongside the Spending Review 2025 publication, Departmental Efficiency Delivery Plans were published on GOV.UK. The Department for Transport section at paragraphs 2.83 - 2.92 provides further information on these efficiencies and table 2.10 (copied below) shows the breakdown for how the department will deliver £663million of technical efficiencies by 2028/29.

Table 2.10: Net efficiency gains vs 2025-26 planned RDEL excluding depreciation

£ million

2026-27

2027-28

2028-29

Corporate initiatives

52

144

199

Regulated settlements

256

331

424

Reform of executive agencies

6

16

39

Total efficiencies net of investment

313

491

663

Total efficiencies net of investment (%)

3.8%

5.9%

8.0%

Memo: total gross efficiencies

320

500

676

Memo: total gross efficiencies (%

3.9%

6.0%

8.2%

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