HC Deb 11 January 1996 vol 269 c299W
10. Mr. Stewart

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to increase efficiency in the Government's activities. [7085]

Mrs. Angela Knight

We have already reduced the cost of Government by more than £500 million a year. Provision for the running costs of civil departments for 1998–99 is more than 12 per cent. lower than this year.

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