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date	09/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the HM Treasury press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what efficiency savings his Department plans to make to achieve reductions of £20 million in its budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	1636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The reductions will come through continuing the work we have done to make the Foreign and Commonwealth Office more efficient, with savings in consultancy and running costs, including a reduction in grants to arms length bodies, such as the British Council, along with the removal of our £12 million unallocated contingency fund. This will not affect our core diplomatic activities or the UK’s position as a leading global power. We will maintain our current global network.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/06/2015 14:03:03 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

349263

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date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the HM Treasury press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what efficiency savings his Department plans to make to achieve reductions of £30 million in its budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	1637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The savings for 2015-16 announced on 4 June 2015 are being achieved through further efficiency savings, tighter control of budgets to drive underspends in year, and driving through asset sales. My Department has undertaken a review of the risks and opportunity<strong> </strong>within the Departmental group and I am confident that an underspend of £30m will be delivered by the end of the financial year. This will be achieved through careful financial management to bring expenditure in below budget and on further efficiencies delivered across the group. The government is getting on with the job of repairing the public finances, and to run a surplus in this Parliament. This will create the best conditions for sustainable growth.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/06/2015 13:28:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood