Written question asked by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 November 2007. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 19 November 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.

Statistics Commission: Finance

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what efficiency gains in relation to the HM Treasury Efficiency Technical Note of December 2006 have been made by the Statistics Commission in each year since 2003-04; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Under the HM Treasury Efficiency Note of December 2006 the Statistics Commission agreed to budget within "flat cash" grant funding through to 2007-08. It has achieved this for the period 2003-04 to 2006-07 and expects to do so in 2007-08. In 2004-05 the commission was allowed additional grant in aid to fund relocation. This relocation saved £487,000 on accommodation costs over the period 2005-06 to 2007-08 in cash terms, and new contractual arrangements saved a further £30,000, which was redistributed to staffing and research.

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