Written question asked by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 July 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 August 2025. It was answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 August 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Department for Transport: Cost Effectiveness
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to paragraph 5.86 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June, what are the £663 million of technical efficiencies by category for each of the financial years until 2029–30.
- Answer
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Alongside the Spending Review 2025 publication, Departmental Efficiency Delivery Plans were published on GOV.UK. The Department for Transport section at paragraphs 2.83 - 2.92 provides further information on these efficiencies and table 2.10 (copied below) shows the breakdown for how the department will deliver £663million of technical efficiencies by 2028/29.
Table 2.10: Net efficiency gains vs 2025-26 planned RDEL excluding depreciation
£ million
2026-27
2027-28
2028-29
Corporate initiatives
52
144
199
Regulated settlements
256
331
424
Reform of executive agencies
6
16
39
Total efficiencies net of investment
313
491
663
Total efficiencies net of investment (%)
3.8%
5.9%
8.0%
Memo: total gross efficiencies
320
500
676
Memo: total gross efficiencies (%
3.9%
6.0%
8.2%
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- 2024-26
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- Cost effectiveness Department for Transport Technology
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