Recommendation 11

The Cabinet Office has measured and reported on the financial efficiency savings and wider benefits made by cross-government functions since 2021. In March 2022, it reported that functions, departments and other central government bodies had achieved £3.4 billion of cash-releasing savings in 2020–21. Of this, £1.4 billion was attributable to the Counter fraud Function and £1.2 billion to the Commercial Function. In July 2023, it reported that the cross-cutting central functional teams had delivered £4.4 billion of savings in 2021–22, consisting of £3.4 billion cash-releasing savings, and £1 billion non- cash releasing savings. Of this, the Counter Fraud and the Debt Management functions has the largest savings, at £1.3 billion each.17