We asked the Cabinet Office how accurately it could predict what savings would be achieved in future. It told us that this had changed over time and depended in part on the extent to which the methodologies to calculate savings had been developed by the functions. The Cabinet Office explained that the methodology used to calculate efficiency savings was working well in relation to areas such as counter-fraud, debt management and commercial transactions, but in others they were still being dev...

We asked the Cabinet Office how accurately it could predict what savings would be achieved in future. It told us that this had changed over time and depended in part on the extent to which the methodologies to calculate savings had been developed by the functions. The Cabinet Office explained that the methodology used to calculate efficiency savings was working well in relation to areas such as counter-fraud, debt management and commercial transactions, but in others they were still being developed. It told us that it expected to be able to develop a methodology that met the required audit standards for areas such as shared services and prope Type: conclusion | Number: 20 | Response status: accepted Government response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: end October 2024 2.2 The functions’ current respective methodologies for measuring and reporting efficiency savings reflect the diversity of functional activity undertaken in th