Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 May 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 May 2010. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 7 June 2010 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take to save £55 million from his Department's budget for 2010-11.

Answer: The £55 million will be delivered from cutting waste and inefficiency, and reducing lower priority spend including through:"reduced spend on consultancy and support functions;""more collaborative procurement with other Departments who have a presence overseas, such as the Department for International Development;""increasing asset sales in less-used parts of Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) overseas estates; and""a review of the FCO's programme spend to be led by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 103; 511 c23-4W
Session: 2010-12
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