§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the target is for efficiency savings in 2003–04 expressed(a) in money terms and (b) as a percentage of the Department's expenditure limit. [114127]
§ Maria EagleThere was no specific target for efficiency savings set for the Department for 2003–04. However, there were a number of targets set to improve value for money and increase the efficiency of administration. PSA targets for 2003–04 cover both SR2000 and SR2002.
Following SR2000 a PSA target was set to increase the efficiency of social security administration full details are available in the Department for Work and Pensions Departmental Report 2003.
As part of SR 2002 a new target was set "to improve delivery of the Departments services by setting