We noted that the NAO report stated that it was important that the Cabinet Office had a tighter definition of what a saving is, and that this needed to be consistently applied and have the same methodology and baseline. In its July 2023 report on the savings achieved, the Cabinet Office noted that the savings reported related to central government functional teams – the parts of functions which sit in the centre of government, rather than within 17 Qq 2, 4, 8, 28; C&AG’s Report paras 4, 6–7, ...

We noted that the NAO report stated that it was important that the Cabinet Office had a tighter definition of what a saving is, and that this needed to be consistently applied and have the same methodology and baseline. In its July 2023 report on the savings achieved, the Cabinet Office noted that the savings reported related to central government functional teams – the parts of functions which sit in the centre of government, rather than within 17 Qq 2, 4, 8, 28; C&AG’s Report paras 4, 6–7, 1.6–1.7, 1.9–1.10, 2.2 18 Qq 2, 39 19 C&AG’s Report, paras 10, 1.8–1.10, 2.4, 2.9 12 Cabinet Office functional savings departments. But in its technical Type: conclusion | Number: 14 | Response status: accepted Government response: 3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: by December 2025 3.2 The functions’ respective methodologies for measuring and reporting efficiency savings reflect the diversity of functional activity undertaken in their respe