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Departmental Cost Effectiveness

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 November 2007, Official Report, column 377WA, on Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body, if he will place in the Library a copy of the value for money delivery plan that his Department prepared as part of the comprehensive spending review. (169867)

In line with the requirements on all Government departments as part of the comprehensive spending review, we will be publishing our value for money delivery agreement by the end of December, following clearance by HM Treasury.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on implementing savings under the Gershon programme; and how much was saved in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (170439)

In the period up to June 2007 the Department had achieved £5,524 million towards its target of £6,470 million by March 2008.

We will be providing full details of progress up to September 2007 in our autumn performance report, which will be published in December and a copy will be placed in the Library.