Progress in tackling tobacco smuggling
Published on:Tobacco smuggling is a significant threat to tax revenues. HMRC’s renewed strategy sets out the right measures but the Department’s performance is disappointing.
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Department for Communities and Local Government Accounts 2012-13
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has qualified his regularity opinion on the 2012-13 financial statements of the Department for Communities and Local Government. This is in respect of two breaches by the DCLG of spending limits authorised by Parliament.
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High Speed Two: A progress update
Published on:This report examines whether DfT
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Improving the lives of women and girls overseas
Published on:This report assesses whether DFID’s 2018 Strategic Vision for Gender Equality is well placed to secure value for money.
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Investigation into the management of health screening
Published on:Our investigation focuses on the delivery, performance, oversight and progress implementing change on four health screening programmes.
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Transforming courts and tribunals: a progress update
Published on:This report describes progress following the second phase of HMCTS’s reform programme, which ended in January 2019.
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The rural broadband programme
Published on:The programme to make superfast broadband widely available in each area of the UK is currently expected to be delivered nearly two years later than planned.
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Investigation into the free school meals voucher scheme
Published on:This investigation sets out how the Department for Education set up and implemented the free school meals voucher scheme.
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The Efficiency and Reform Group
Published on:ERG has contributed significantly to departmental savings in 2011-12 but substantial and sustainable new savings streams will be needed to achieve £20bn of savings in 2014-15.
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The East of England Development Agency financial statements 2011-12
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 financial statements of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) because of irregular ex-gratia payments, totalling £51,000, made by the Agency to its staff.
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NHS financial management and sustainability 2013
Published on:There was a surplus of £2.1 billion across the NHS in 2012-13, matching that in 2011-12. However, there are signs of increasing pressure.
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Financial Ombudsman Service – Efficient handling of financial services complaints
Published on:In 2011, the Financial Ombudsman Service invited the National Audit Office to conduct a review of the efficiency of its operations.
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The BBC’s strategic financial management
Published on:This report assesses how the BBC has positioned itself to respond to financial and strategic challenges and opportunities.
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NHS financial management and sustainability
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Capital funding for new school places
Published on:The Department has increased funding for new school places, but there are indications of real strain, with 256,000 new places still needed by 2014/15.
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The creation and sale of Northern Rock plc
Published on:The Treasury’s 2009 decision to split Northern Rock in two was reasonable at the time but the final net cost to the taxpayer could be some £2 billion.
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Digital Britain One: Shared infrastructure and services for government online
Published on:The Government has not in general measured the benefits delivered by its two central internet services Directgov and Business.gov, and the infrastructure service Government Gateway, which together cost some £90 million a year.
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The UK border: preparedness for the end of the transition period
Published on:This report describes government’s progress in implementing changes required to manage the border after the end of the transition period.
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Childhood obesity
Published on:This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.
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The impact of government’s ICT savings initiatives
Published on:Government initiatives to reduce ICT spending are starting to work but the challenge will be to use ICT to reform public services and how government works.