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Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure

Commons · Question 88855 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

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Asked by James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61227 on Department for Business and Trade: Public Expenditure, how many lines of activity in his Department were considered as part of the zero based

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Answered by Kate Dearden, 18 Nov 2025

At Spending Review 2025, the government conducted the first zero-based review (ZBR) of department budgets in 18 years, with every line of spending scrutinised to ensure value for money.Through the zero-based review, the Department for Business and Trade c...