To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what progress his Department has made on its zero-based budget review under the comprehensive spending review. (191495)

I refer the hon. Member to the Annex pertaining to my Department in “Meeting the Aspirations of the British people: the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review” (Cm 7227).

BERR published on 20 December 2007 its Value-for-Money delivery agreement:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/about/strategyobjectives/Value%20 for%20Money%20Delivery%20Agreements/page43140.html