Departmental Public Expenditure – PWA (1)

David Blunkett MP: Under what budgetary headings are the £780 million of savings allocated to his Department to be made?
Grant Shapps MP: In June 2010 the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast public sector net borrowing in 2010-11 would hit £149 billion-contributing to their forecast £1.3 trillion of public debt by 2014. To help reduce the public debt, the CLG will make savings of £780 million in 2010-11. For full details of how the savings will be made, click on the Parliament logo below.