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  1. HM Revenue and Customs: Progress on reducing costs

    Report Value for money

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    In 2011-12 HMRC maintained its performance while reducing staff and spending but it is too early to tell what the long-term impact of cost reduction will be.

  2. Evaluation in Government

    Insight Good practice guides

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    Treasury expects all departments to evaluate the ex post impacts and costs of all their interventions, including spending, taxation and regulation. This activity should provide valuable information on the cost-effectiveness of government interventions, for the purposes of accountability and to learn lessons to improve current and future policies.

  4. Savings from operational PFI contracts

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    Progress on the Government’s initiative to achieve £1.5 billion worth of savings from operational PFI contracts.

  6. Equipment Plan 2013 – 2023

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    MOD’s procurement budget is now more stable, despite a £754m increase in the cost of the carriers, but there are still risks to the affordability of the equipment plan.

  7. The BBC’s efficiency programme

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    A report on the BBC’s progress to date in delivering efficiency savings required by the BBC Trust following the 2007 licence fee settlement.

  8. Efficiency in central procurement of common goods and services

    Work in progress

    Summer 2024

    Background HM Treasury’s public spending statistics show spending on public sector procurement was £379 billion in 2021/22 across the UK. This figure includes the procurement of goods and services by one public sector body from another. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) plays an important role helping central government and other organisations across the public and […]

  11. PaceSetter: HMRC’s programme to improve business operations

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    PaceSetter has led to productivity improvements and may have contributed to greater staff engagement. However, the extent to which overall efficiency has improved is not clear; and some key principles of process improvement are not yet being applied strategically across the entire organisation.

  12. A framework for managing staff costs in a period of spending reduction

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    This paper sets out a framework for effective management of staff costs in a  challenging environment of cost reduction in public services. It builds on the high level principles set out in the NAO’s short guide to structured cost reduction.

  13. A short guide to structured cost reduction

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    This paper highlights key issues for public bodies to consider in facing the challenge of adopting a more structured approach to cost reduction.

  14. Progress with the merger of the FCO and DFID

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    The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has made substantial progress with the merger that created it, although some issues remain.

  15. Regulating Network Rail’s efficiency

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    Limitations in Network Rail’s cost information has hampered the ability of the Office of Rail Regulation to assess efficiency savings.

  16. BBC savings and reform

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    This report examines the BBC’s progress in delivering its savings and reform programme.

  18. Efficiency in government

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    This report identifies key issues government will need to consider when attempting to increase its efficiency.

  19. Confirmed impacts: Driving improvements in NHS stroke care

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    This impacts case study shows how our work prompted a national strategy for stroke care and NHS adoption of clinical best practice more widely, leading to considerable cost reductions.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.