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GFF co-produces good practice guidance with receptive departments to meet efficiency targets.
Conclusion
GFF is seeking to co-produce guidance with departments demonstrating good practice.27 Both Cabinet Office and GFF said that departments are receptive to this push, especially given the efficiency targets they are expected to meet as set out in the 2025 Spending Review.28 To support this, GFF told us that it will work through the Finance Foundations Group to explore what can be done in more detail.29 24 Qq 126, 127, 128 25 Qq 93, 141 26 Qq 93, 139 27 Q 157 28 Qq 105, 110, 113, 141 29 Qq 98, 109, 158 10 2 Legacy systems, single service owners and overall leadership Addressing the barriers posed by legacy systems
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 1 April 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Report
58th Report - Government services: Identifying costs
12 Dec 2025
HC 1421
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.8 yr
Report published
12 Dec 2025