| 2.3% (£7.9 billion) real-terms fall in spending within departments' control from 2009-10 to 2010-11 |
| 19% planned real-terms fall in spending in 15 departments from 2011-12 to 2014-15 |
| In 2010 -11 | increase in real terms in government's Total Managed Expenditure-to £689 billion in 2010-11 |
| 2.3 per cent (£7.9 billion) | decrease in spending within departments' direct control (Departmental Expenditure Limits) in real terms - to £336 billion Figure 1 on page 11 explains the difference between Total Managed Expenditure and Departmental Expenditure Limits. Figure 5 on page 18 explains the difference between the figures |
| £3.75 billion | estimated savings reported by the Efficiency and Reform Group |
| £406 million | cost to departments of compensation payments for early departures from the civil service this year |
| 21,200 staff | reduction between 2009-10 and 2010-11 in average number of full‑time equivalent staff employed by departments (including permanent and temporary staff) |
| From 2011-12 to 2014-15 | |
| 3 per cent | real-terms fall in forecast Total Managed Expenditure to 2014-15 |
| 12 per cent | planned real-terms fall in Departmental Expenditure Limits |
| 19 per cent | planned real-terms fall in Departmental Expenditure Limits in departments other than Health and International Development, which are protected |