Cabinet Office functional savings

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 13 Dec 2023 Closed: 3 May 2024 Parliament page
Government established cross-cutting central functional teams, or ‘functions’, in 2013. These seek to provide expert skills across Government while increasing efficiency. In July 2023, the Cabinet Office reported that the functions had achieved £4.4bn of financial savings. A National Audit Office (NAO) report found that the Cabinet Office has not … Read more
18 Recommendations
10 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
3 May
2024
Report published
1 Mar
2024
Report published
5 Feb
2024
Correspondence
10 Jan
2024
Oral evidence
10 Jan
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
10 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Office functional savings
Cat Little · Cabinet Office Richard Hornby · Cabinet Office Sir Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventeenth Report - Cabinet Office functional savings HC 423 1 Mar 2024 28 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
11 Conclusion Not Addressed
Seventeenth Report - Cabinet Offic…
Cabinet Office reports billions in functional efficiency savings, predominantly from key central functions
The Cabinet Office has measured and reported on the financial efficiency savings and wider benefits made by cross-government functions since 2021. In March 2022, it reported that functions, departments and other central government bodies had achieved £3.4 billion of cash-releasing … Read more
Government Response
The government response reiterates that the Cabinet Office started measuring and reporting financial efficiency savings in 2021, repeating the same figures for 2020-21 (£3.4 billion cash-releasing) and 2021-22 (£3.4 billion cash-releasing and £1.0 billion non-cash-releasing) as stated in the committee's observation.
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Government Response AI assessment · 28 of 18 classified
Accepted 25
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 1
Total 18 recs + 10 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
5 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Sir Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary, re Cabinet Office functional savings, dated 31 January 2024
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