The NAO estimated that government spent at least £486 million on cross-border travel measures in 2021–22 across the five main departments responsible for the system. Government did not track the cost of implementing cross-border travel measures. The Cabinet Office said that it considered that the border measures were not a single programme, but a portfolio of programmes run by different Departments, and that individual departments had monitored their own spend against the programmes that they...

The NAO estimated that government spent at least £486 million on cross-border travel measures in 2021–22 across the five main departments responsible for the system. Government did not track the cost of implementing cross-border travel measures. The Cabinet Office said that it considered that the border measures were not a single programme, but a portfolio of programmes run by different Departments, and that individual departments had monitored their own spend against the programmes that they were responsible for.44 Type: conclusion | Number: 25 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2023 2.2 The government collates and publishes a wide range of expenditure data, much of which tracks large cross-government portfolios, including: • spending figures in the Budget and Spending Review d