The benefits of the strategy have not been properly quantified. The Cabinet Office did not calculate anticipated benefits of the refreshed strategy, and instead has relied on clusters developing cost and benefits figures as parts of their own separate business cases. These business cases have identified potential benefits of £2 billion at an estimated cost of £0.9 billion. However, clusters have not calculated these figures on a consistent basis, making it difficult to come to a clear financi...

The benefits of the strategy have not been properly quantified. The Cabinet Office did not calculate anticipated benefits of the refreshed strategy, and instead has relied on clusters developing cost and benefits figures as parts of their own separate business cases. These business cases have identified potential benefits of £2 billion at an estimated cost of £0.9 billion. However, clusters have not calculated these figures on a consistent basis, making it difficult to come to a clear financial picture of the strategy. In addition, there is no information available on potential benefits for the two clusters that have begun implementing their Type: conclusion | Number: 4 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. comparisons between them tricky as they had been calculated over different timeframes, differing cashable and non-cashable benefits and different benefit categories. Work is being carried out at pace on developi