We asked what scope there was to accelerate the identification of savings. The Cabinet Office told us that the next year would be one of transition given the introduction of the Efficiency Framework and expanding this from the Treasury and Cabinet Office teams to all government departments. The Cabinet Office told us that it wanted to increase savings, but that it was simultaneously aware that savings were also indications that something could have been done at a lower cost in the first place...

We asked what scope there was to accelerate the identification of savings. The Cabinet Office told us that the next year would be one of transition given the introduction of the Efficiency Framework and expanding this from the Treasury and Cabinet Office teams to all government departments. The Cabinet Office told us that it wanted to increase savings, but that it was simultaneously aware that savings were also indications that something could have been done at a lower cost in the first place, so it did “not necessarily regard more and more of them every year as a goal”. But it committed to ensuring, with the NAO’s advice, that it was compreh Type: conclusion | Number: 22 | Response status: accepted Government response: 4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: end October 2024 4.2 The Cabinet Office will work with HMT to set savings targets (cash releasing and non-cash releasing savings) across the functions to work towards for the 20