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Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

Commons · Question 88858 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

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Asked by James Wild

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61229 on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, how many lines of activity in his Department were considered as part of the zero based review.

Answer

Answered by Chris Ward, 17 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.To ensure consistency in approach, cross-government guidance set expec...