The National Audit Office has expressed concerns about the claimed efficiency gains because of double counting and confusion about baselines, which also applies to the Chancellor’s point a few moments ago about the saving of civil service numbers. Are the efficiency claims believable when they ignore the cost of setting up and running the Gershon efficiency projects?
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Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 December 2006.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Pre-Budget Report.
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