Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure
Commons · Question 88858 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
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...