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  1. Administration of Arable Area Payments in the Netherlands, Sweden and England

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    This is a collaborative report between the National Audit Office in England, the Algemene Rekenkamer (Netherlands Court of Audit) and the Riksrevisionsverket (Swedish National Audit Office). This exercise compares the results from their three separate reports on the administration of the arable payments scheme where, under the Common Agricultural Policy, the underlying regulations are the same in all European Union countries.

  2. Cabinet Office functional savings

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    The Cabinet Office has reported efficiency savings across shared government functions, but there are opportunities to implement a more robust approach, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).

  3. Investigation into Police and Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Commutation factors

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    This looks at the chain of events which led to the government paying £711m in compensation to 34,000 pensioners who retired from the Police and Firefighters’ Pension Schemes between 2001 and 2006 without receiving their full pension entitlement. Due to the extent of the legal process in the case, some police and firefighters were retired for over 15 years before they received their full pension entitlement from government.

  5. Financial impacts from our work in 2012

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    The file contains all of the impacts of £5,000 or more which contribute to the overall total financial impacts claimed by the NAO of £1,186 million for 2012.

    Financial impacts represent our estimate of the financial benefits achieved following implementation of the NAO’s recommendations to government.

    Estimates are subject to internal quality assurance review, are agreed with senior management of the audited bodies and are independently validated by our external auditors.

  7. Regulating after EU Exit

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    This report assesses how UK regulators have managed taking on new responsibilities following EU Exit.

  8. Progress combatting fraud

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    This study assesses the effectiveness of the government’s activity to combat fraud.

  9. Protecting information across government

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    The Cabinet Office has not yet established a clear role for itself in coordinating and leading departments’ efforts to protect their information, according to the National Audit Office. Today’s report found that its ambition to undertake such a role is weakened by the limited information which departments collect on their security costs, performance and risks. […]

  10. Benefit sanctions

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    The Department for Work & Pensions is not doing enough to find out how sanctions affect people on benefits.

  11. Decarbonising the power sector

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    This report looks at how DESNZ is set up for power sector decarbonisation while maintaining security of electricity supply and affordability.

  15. The completion and sale of High Speed 1

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    The HS1 project has delivered a high performing line, which was subsequently sold in a well-managed way. But international passenger numbers are falling far short of forecasts and the project costs exceed the value of journey time saving benefits.

  17. Crown Commercial Service

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    It is not possible to show that the Crown Commercial Service has achieved more than departments would otherwise have achieved by buying common goods and services themselves.

  18. Financial services regulation: Adapting to change

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    The Financial Conduct Authority is making significant changes in response to its new responsibilities and past regulatory failures, but it needs to manage the related risks if it’s to meet its commitments, including reducing and preventing financial crime, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.

  20. The BBC’s understanding of its audiences and users

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    The report examines whether to inform decisions across the BBC, the Corporation efficiently, effectively and economically understands how people use and respond to the full range of its services.