We asked the Cabinet Office how it was ensuring that there was sufficient direction and leadership in departments and functions’ approaches to achieving savings. The Cabinet Office told us that it was getting “terrific value” in areas such as land disposals, where it had set a clear target for each department and public body to help achieve savings 20 Q 41; C&AG’s Report, para 1.9–1.10 21 C&AG’s Report paras 11, 2.6 22 Qq 59–62 23 Qq 33, 36; C&AG’s Report, para 2, 3.2; Cabinet Office, Governm...

We asked the Cabinet Office how it was ensuring that there was sufficient direction and leadership in departments and functions’ approaches to achieving savings. The Cabinet Office told us that it was getting “terrific value” in areas such as land disposals, where it had set a clear target for each department and public body to help achieve savings 20 Q 41; C&AG’s Report, para 1.9–1.10 21 C&AG’s Report paras 11, 2.6 22 Qq 59–62 23 Qq 33, 36; C&AG’s Report, para 2, 3.2; Cabinet Office, Government Efficiency Savings 2021, 28 March 2022; Cabinet Office, Government Efficiency Savings 2021/22, 19 July 2023 24 Committee of Public Accounts, Tackling Type: conclusion | Number: 18 | 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