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Written question asked by Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2005. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Administrative Savings

Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what administrative savings have been made by his Department in each of the last eight years.
Answer

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) was created following the Machinery of Government changes on 29 May 2002.The 2002 Spending Review provided for an increase of £902 million in the departmental expenditure limit by 2005–06, an annual average real growth of 4.9 per cent. To deliver the expanded programme, administration expenditure was also budgeted to increase.In each year since the ODPM was established, administration spending has been constrained to below budget. Information on gross and net controlled administration costs underspends for Whitehall Departments is published in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Papers for the relevant years, which are available in the Library of the House.Efficiency gains are now being made as part of the 2004 Spending Review (SR04) efficiency programme, as set out in Efficiency Technical Notes which are available on Departments' websites. The administration efficiency savings proposed for ODPM, compared with 2004–05, are set out as follows:

SR04 administration efficiency savings (£ million)
2005–06 8
2006–07 16.5
2007–08 25

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c2552W; 34954
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Cost effectiveness Administration Government departments Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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