3.9 The Treasury's July 2011 guidance on savings from operational contracts recommends steps for conducting a savings review. It includes a flow diagram of the overall process, the relationship between the various guidance documents and a checklist covering the main areas to be explored for savings.
3.10 Those authorities that have reported the largest savings are the ones with the greatest existing skills. The Treasury's guidance is likely to be most useful to those authorities without existing expertise who are just embarking on a search for savings.
3.11 Departments we spoke to told us that the Treasury's requirement for quarterly reporting has prompted them to maintain their activity on securing savings and keep potential savings under rolling review.