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Written question asked by Mike Wood (Conservative) on Monday, 7 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 April 2025. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 May 2025 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Public Expenditure Controls

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other departments on spending controls overseen by Ministers.

Answer

The Cabinet Office has published guidance on spend controls here and will share updated guidance and information with departments if we make any changes to these controls.

The most recent guidance issued to departments on spending controls was in relation to this government’s pledge to cut unnecessary spending on consultancy to save £1.2 billion by 2026. Guidance was shared directly with departments by the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office and is summarised here.

This government is committed to making sure spend controls do not add excessive bureaucracy, enable delivery and provide value for taxpayers’ money. For example, in January 2025 the use of the Get Approval to Spend digital service (hosted on GOV.UK) was mandated for digital spend, resulting in a single front door and case management system for the digital spend control.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44470
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Public expenditure controls
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk