Search results for 'Energy and environment'

Clear all filters

Showing 261 - 280 of 304 results

  3. Protecting England and Wales from plant pests and diseases

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    England and Wales have a good record in containing and eradicating major outbreaks of plant pests and diseases, according to a report today by the National Audit Office. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has a key role to play in maintaining this good record but there are several ways in which it […]

  4. Inland Flood Defence

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    A National Audit Office report today highlights research by MAFF that up to two million homes and buildings in England are in areas at risk of flooding. The key points in the report to Parliament by NAO head Sir John Bourn are that: while flood defences can reduce the risk or extent of damage, they […]

  5. Out of Sight – Not Out of Mind: Ofwat and the Public Sewer Network in England and Wales

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Water and sewerage companies have taken action to remove the risk of sewer flooding from 3,300 properties in England and Wales since 2000. Ofwat has played an important role in achieving this reduction, according to a report published today by Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office. However, Ofwat and companies face a […]

  6. Skills for life: improving adult literacy and numeracy

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the Department for Education and Skills has made a good start to its long-term strategy to improve the levels of adult literacy and numeracy in England, but there are more challenges ahead. While the Skills for Life Strategy has met its 2004 target, […]

  7. The 2001 Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    A National Audit Office report to Parliament today on the handling of the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak showed that the outbreak cost the public sector over £3 billion and the private sector more than £5 billion. According to head of the NAO Sir John Bourn, lessons to be learned from the outbreak, unprecedented in […]

  8. Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: Giving Domestic Customers a Choice of Electricity Supplier

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, told Parliament today that since electricity supply competition began in September 1998 more than 6.5 million customers – one in four – have saved money by changing supplier. Domestic electricity customers as a whole have seen their electricity bills fall by some £750 million a year since […]

  10. Agricultural Fraud: The case of Joseph Bowden

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    A National Audit Office report today highlights the lessons arising from the case of a farmer who committed one of the largest known frauds by an individual claiming subsidy under Common Agricultural Policy schemes in England. In October 2000 Joseph Bowden was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for nine charges relating to false accounting and […]

  12. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: the Arable Area Payments Scheme

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s administration of the Arable Area Payments Scheme*. This is the largest European Union Common Agricultural Policy scheme in England with payments of £1.1 billion each year to some 47,000 farmers. The report examines the […]

  14. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: progress with reducing risk at Sellafield

    Press release

    Published on:

    This report examines the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s role, its governance, and the complex challenges it faces in delivering its long-term mission; progress with reducing high hazard and risk at Sellafield, and limitations to faster progress; and the NDA and Sellafield Limited’s plans to ensure sustainable progress at Sellafield.

  17. Briefing for the Environmental Audit Committee: Adapting to Climate Change

    Briefing

    Published on:

    This briefing by the National Audit Office is in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to provide an overview of government policy on adapting to climate change, including the implications of the Climate Change Act 2008 and the cross-government Adapting to Climate Change Programme, and progress across government Departments in identifying and managing risks from future climate change impacts.

  18. Improving Service Delivery: The Food Standards Agency

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Executive Agencies can improve how they set targets and do more to ensure that their initiatives are leading to better delivery of services, Sir John Bourn, the Head of the National Audit Office reported today. He presented to Parliament four reports which assess how agencies are seeking to improve public services. Executive Agencies need to […]

  19. The Sheep Annual Premium Scheme in England

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the problems in the administration of the Sheep Annual Premium Scheme in England which led to the European Commission refusing to reimburse £27 million in respect of payments to farmers in England for 1993 to 1996. The report examines how the […]