Water supply and demand management
Published on:This report sets out the challenges facing the water industry in England and assesses how Defra is tackling them.
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Improving the prison estate
Published on:This report examines the condition and capacity of HM Prison and Probation Service’s prison estate.
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Decommissioning toolkit
What impact will the changes have?This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. It is important to consider the potential impact of decommissioning early enough and thoroughly enough before a decision to decommission a service has been made. Even where full decommissioning does not take place, there will still be impacts on costs and the level and quality of service […]
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Decommissioning toolkit
Meaningful engagementThis page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. There has been much work undertaken in recent years to improve the level of engagement between commissioners and providers. The Compact – an agreement between Government and the third sector in England– provides a strong basis for achieving this. The relationship between local commissioners and third sector […]
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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.
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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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HM Revenue and Customs: Progress on reducing costs
Published on: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.
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Managing NHS hospital consultants
Published on:The 2003 contract for hospital consultants delivered many expected benefits, but there is room for improvement in how trusts manage their consultants.
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Improving the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down
Published on:This report makes early observations on the progress and risks in upgrading the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down.
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Successful commissioning toolkit
EvaluationThis page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. Purpose of evaluation It is important to evaluate policies and programmes. It allows us to learn the lessons from one generation of public service and build them into improvements in the next. [Note] Approaches to evaluation There is a range of approaches to evaluation. In general, a public […]
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Reorganising central government bodies
Published on:Plans to reorganize central government will bring a range of functions closer to ministers, and the Cabinet Office and departments are on course to deliver cost reductions. However, departments do not have a good enough grasp of the one-off costs of the reorganisation or, secondly, of the ongoing costs of continuing to provide the transferred functions.
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Police procurement
Published on:Police forces in England and Wales could make savings by working together to improve their buying power for essential goods and services
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Regulating to protect consumers: Utilities, communications and financial services markets
Published on:This report assesses how well Ofwat, Ofgem, Ofcom and the FCA measure and report their performance in protecting consumer interests.
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EU Exit: the Get ready for Brexit campaign
Published on:This report examines the management of the Cabinet Office-led Get ready for Brexit campaign.
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Department for Education and The Young People’s Learning Agency Accounts 2011-12
Published on:The C&AG has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 financial statements of the Young People’s Learning Agency and its sponsor department, the Department for Education.
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Decommissioning toolkit
Pre-conditions for successful decommissioningThis page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. If decommissioning is to be successful, certain skills and competencies need to be in place, namely: change management skills; stakeholder management skills; and commissioning skills. Change management skills Like effective commissioning, decommissioning is a change process and requires a range of competencies and skills associated with managing […]
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Successful commissioning toolkit
Full Cost Recovery (FCR)This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. The government and the Compact recognises that: No activity can be undertaken without its provider incurring central administrative costs; [Note 1] Funders and commissioners have an interest in meeting their fair share of a provider’s central administrative costs because that will help to ensure that the provider […]
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Business Perceptions Survey 2012
Published on:The NAO, Better Regulation Executive and the Better Regulation Delivery Office have published a survey into businesses’ perception of regulation.
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The BBC’s efficiency programme
Published on:A report on the BBC’s progress to date in delivering efficiency savings required by the BBC Trust following the 2007 licence fee settlement.
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The franchising of Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
Published on:The first private company awarded a franchise to run an NHS hospital has made improvements in some clinical areas, but big financial challenges remain.