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 James Plaskitt (Labour) on Monday, 9 January 2006 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Administrative Savings

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what administrative savings have been made by his Department in each of the last eight years.

Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001 from the Department of Social Security and parts of the former Department for Education and Employment including the Employment Service.Information is published on gross and net controlled administration cost under spends in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Papers. These are available in the Library of the House.As part of the 2004 Spending Review the Department is required to achieve efficiency gains of at least £960 million by 2007–08 as set out in the Efficiency Technical Note which is available on the Department's website.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 441 c59-60W; 34951
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Administration Department for Work and Pensions Government departments Public expenditure
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk