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Efficient Government target
17/05/2006
The Executive is continuing to make good progress towards its Efficient Government target of £1.5 billion of efficiency gains by 2007-08, Finance and Public Service Reform Minister Tom McCabe said today.
The Minister for was speaking as the Executive issued the latest Efficient Government technical notes.
£1.271 billion of annually-recurring efficiency gains have been identified. Ministers are now identifying further gains to meet the target and moving towards a more equitable contribution across portfolios.
All gains - made by measures such as tackling duplication or bureaucracy - will be ploughed back into improving services.
Mr McCabe said:
"These technical notes show that we are making good progress in identifying how to meet our Efficient Government targets. We have identified £1.271 billion of the £1.5 billion gains.
"I am now working with my Ministerial colleagues to identify the further efficiency gains which will allow us to meet our target in full. I remain firmly committed to identifying further savings.
"All money we save through measures such as better procurement, streamlined processes and better use of resources will be invested in improving service delivery. The Efficient Government initiative is a key part of our drive to ensure we invest taxpayers' money as wisely as possible - and these figures show good progress in identifying how best to do that."