Seventeenth Report - Cabinet Office functional savings

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 423 1 March 2024
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 28 items (18 recs)
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Acknowledged 1
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 1
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Seventeenth report from Session 2023-24 · published 3 May 2024
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Cabinet Office reports billions in functional efficiency savings, predominantly from key central functions
Conclusion
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 Summary
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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