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  1. Crossrail – a progress update

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    This report makes recommendations for Crossrail Ltd and the programme sponsors as Crossrail nears completion.

  2. Capability in the Civil Service

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    Government has gaps in its capability and must do more to develop the skills needed. It is making plans, but the scale of the challenge means greater urgency is needed.

  3. Investigation into government travel expenditure

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    The centre of government has little oversight of official travel, leaving this role to departments, although it does seek to manage the price of travel.

  4. 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.

  5. E-borders and successor programmes

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    The Home Office spent at least £830 million between 2003 and 2015 on the e-borders programme and its successors, but has failed, so far, to deliver the full vision. We cannot, therefore view e-borders as having delivered value for money.

  7. Crossrail

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    The DfT and Transport for London have done well to protect taxpayers’ interests in Crossrail but risks remain including delivery of the trains.

  8. The Department for Transport – Letting Rail Franchises 2005-2007

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    Under the management of the Department for Transport, the process for awarding passenger Rail Franchises in England and Wales has delivered better value for money, with subsidies expected to fall. But some fares will rise above inflation and crowding for many commuters will increase in the short term until investment delivers more carrying capacity. Today’s […]

  9. Reducing passenger rail delays by better management of incidents

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    In 2006-07, almost 800,000 incidents caused 14 million minutes of delay to rail journeys costing a minimum of £1 billion in terms of time lost to passengers, according to a report released today by the National Audit Office. There was a sharp increase in delay minutes after the Hatfield derailment in October 2000 and the […]

  11. Progress in delivering the Thameslink programme

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    Thameslink aims to reduce overcrowding and journey times. Initial progress has been good but a 3 year delay in awarding the train contract puts the 2018 programme deadline at risk.

  13. Network Rail’s sale of railway arches

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    This report examines the value for money of Network Rail’s sale of a major part of its commercial real estate portfolio.

  14. The South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise

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    The Strategic Rail Authority successfully managed the termination of Connex South Eastern’s franchise after the SRA lost confidence in the company’s financial management, according to the National Audit Office. Taxpayers’ interests were largely protected and passenger services maintained. But this case did highlight lessons for the awarding and managing of franchises. In June 2003, the […]

  16. Reducing costs in the Department for Transport

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    The Department for Transport started its preparations for the 2010 spending review early and took steps to improve and challenge the evidence on which it based its decisions with a view to securing value for money.

  17. Progress on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link

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    The National Audit Office’s report finds that London & Continental Railways (LCR) successfully completed the construction of Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) on time and at a cost slightly below the target set in the 1998 restructuring. Drawing on the reasons for this achievement, the NAO report highlights lessons for other […]

  18. Proposed light rail schemes in Leeds, Manchester and South Hampshire. A review by the National Audit Office of the role of the Department for Transport

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    The National Audit Office has examined the role of of the Department for Transport in assessing the revised proposals for light rail schemes in Leeds, Manchester and South Hampshire. Funding for these three schemes was originally approved by the Department in 2000 and 2001. But substantial increases in projected costs led to the Department withdrawing […]

  19. The Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail franchise

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    This examines the causes of poor performance on the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern network since the franchise began in September 2014, the effects on passenger services, financial outcomes for the operator and the Department, and the Department’s handling of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise.