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  1. The Levy Control Framework

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    The Levy Control Framework is a valuable tool for supporting control of costs to consumers arising from government energy policies, but it has not been fully effective in key areas.

  2. Gift Aid and reliefs on donations

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    HMRC and the Treasury do not know if incentives designed to increase charitable giving, at a cost to the taxpayer of £940 million in 2012-13, have resulted in more income for charities.

  3. The Ministry of Justice’s electronic monitoring contracts

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    This memorandum sets out the events surrounding the Ministry of Justice’s process to re-compete its electronic monitoring contracts and its subsequent decision to commission a forensic audit of these contracts

  4. Infrastructure investment: the impact on consumer bills

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    Large-scale infrastructure spending by the private sector over ten years or more will increase consumer utility bills but government and regulators do not know by how much or whether the bills will be affordable.

  5. Maternity services in England

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    Most women have good outcomes from NHS maternity services, but there are significant and unexplained variations in performance around the country.

  8. Assurance of reported savings at Sellafield

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    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s systems for recording and challenging claimed savings at Sellafield give moderate assurance of reported overall savings since 2009-10.

  9. Supporting UK exporters overseas

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    The FCO and UKTI will need to contribute much more effectively to efforts to increase the value of UK exports to £1 trillion a year by 2020.

  11. The Sovereign Grant

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    The National Audit Office has today supplied a memorandum to the Public Accounts Committee on the Sovereign Grant and its financial management.

  14. Confirmed impacts: NAO report influences better regulation of consumer credit

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    In March 2013, the Minister for Consumer Affairs, along with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, confirmed in a statement in the House of Commons that the government has drawn on our analysis as it develops a new regulatory regime for consumer credit markets.

    This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.

  15. Spinning-out MyCSP as a mutual joint venture

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    MyCSP has the potential to be good value for money with a projected saving of 50 per cent on costs, but the Cabinet Office and MyCSP still face many large challenges in transforming the service.

  17. 2012-13 review of the data systems for the Department of Energy and Climate Change

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    Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
    This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013.

  18. 2012-13 review of the data systems for the Department for International Development

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    Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department for International Development’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
    This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013.

  19. 2012-13 review of the data systems for the Department for Transport

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    Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department for Transport’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
    This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013.

  20. Universal Credit: early progress

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    Universal Credit plans were driven by an ambitious timescale, and this led to the adoption of a new approach. The programme suffered from weak management and ineffective control.