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Highways Agency: Maintaining England’s Motorways and Trunk Roads
Published on:In recent years the Highways Agency has improved the condition of England’s motorway and trunk roads network and has also strengthened the management and delivery of its maintenance programme. But, according to a National Audit Office report, there is scope for the Agency to make further improvements in measuring the condition of the network, targeting […]
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Department of Transport, Scottish Development Department and Welsh Office – Road Planning
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Departments of Energy, Trade and Industry and Transport – Monitoring and Control of Nationalised Industries
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Investigation into equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy
Published on:Equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy has doubled in the past 12 years. It can be effective to meet operational needs but can increase costs and create disruption.
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Refinancing the Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the refinancing of the public private partnership for NATS, completed late last year, has put the Company on a much more robust financial footing, enabling it to make further vital investment to expand the capacity of Air Traffic Control to meet future growth […]
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Decommissioning toolkit
GlossaryThis page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. This guide shares its glossary with the Successful Commissioning Guide, which can be found at the link below: Successful Commissioning Guide: Glossary Accountability The obligation of individuals and organisations to report on their actions and be answerable to others for what they have done. Administrative law The […]
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Review for Environmental Audit Committee: Transport and the environment: options for scrutiny
Published on:Review on Transport and the environment: options for scrutiny, prepared in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee.
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The Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services Ltd
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the public private partnership for NATS contains many positive elements. But the financial position of the Company will need strengthening to enable it to make further vital investment to expand the capacity of Air Traffic Control. In its study of the PPP for […]
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Department of Energy, Trade and Industry and Transport – Sales of Subsidiary and Other Assets by Nationalised Industries
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions – The Private Finance Initiative – The First Four Design, Build and Operate Roads Contracts
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Department of Transport, Trade and Industry and Energy – Monitoring and Control of Investment by the Nationalised Industries in Fixed Assets
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Performance Brief: A summary of National Audit Office Reports of the Department for Transport 2007-08
Published on:This briefing paper for the Select Committee provides an overview of the work of the National Audit Office relevant to the performance of the Department for Transport in the financial year 2007-08 and subsequent months. It takes as its basis the targets and objectives of the Department and the work of the National Audit Office (NAO) in reviewing areas relevant to those targets and objectives.
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Departments of Energy, Transport and Trade and Industry – Effectiveness of Government Financial Controls over the Nationalised Industries
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Progress report on maintaining competition in markets
Published on:The Office of Fair Trading has improved its operations following recommendations on maintaining competition in markets made by the National Audit Office and Committee of Public Accounts in 2005 and 2006. According to an NAO progress report published today, the OFT now needs to concentrate its efforts on strengthening the skills and experience of its […]
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Successful commissioning toolkit
Glossary of termsThis page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z Accountability The obligation of individuals and organisations to report on their actions and be answerable to others for what they have done. Administrative law The branch of law which governs public bodies in the exercise of their public functions. Advance payment Payment made to a provider […]
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English devolution deals
Published on:Devolution deals to devolve power from central government to local areas in England offer opportunities to stimulate economic growth and reform public services for local users, but the arrangements are untested and government could do more to provide confidence that these deals will achieve the benefits intended
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The UK border: preparedness for EU exit
Published on:This report assesses how prepared government departments are for the changes required at the border after EU exit.
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The Financial Analysis for the London Underground Public Private Partnerships
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that the financial analysis* carried out for the London Underground Public Private Partnerships cannot, on its own, be expected to show clearly which public or private sector option for managing and funding the Tube will provide better value for money. Sir John […]
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Managing risk in the Overseas Territories
Published on:The UK bears the ultimate risk of potential liabilities from its overseas territories such as Anguilla, Montserrat and the Falkland Islands; and, while progress has been made in managing and mitigating these risks since the last report by the National Audit Office in 1997, there is room for improvement, the NAO has reported today. The […]