HM Treasury: Planning for economic infrastructure
Published on:The NAO has highlighted five risks to the value for money of some national infrastructure projects.
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Ministry of Defence – The Major Projects Report 2012
Published on:There are signs MOD has begun to make trade-offs with cost, time and technical requirements. But some major projects still suffer cost rises and delay.
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Observations on the Ministry of Defence major investment approval process
Published on:There have been some encouraging signs of improvement in the robustness of the approvals process in recent years but there remain a number of areas where a greater focus would add value.
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Office of Fair Trading: regulating consumer credit
Published on:Regulation of the consumer credit market is providing benefits to consumers, but is not minimizing consumer harm from unscrupulous trading practices.
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HM Revenue & Customs: Customer service performance
Published on:Despite some welcome improvements, HMRC’s performance in answering calls from the public is poor value for money.
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A commentary for the Committee of Public Accounts on the Work Programme outcome statistics
Published on:This commentary, on the first set of Work Programme data, has been produced for the Committee of Public Accounts.
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Progress in making NHS efficiency savings
Published on:The NHS made a substantial amount of efficiency savings in 2011-12. These will need to be sustained and built on if savings targets are to be met.
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Streamlining farm oversight
Published on:Farm oversight activity does not deliver value for money for the taxpayer and continues to burden compliant farmers unnecessarily.
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Lessons from cancelling the InterCity West Coast franchise competition
Published on:The competition to let this franchise lacked oversight. The full cost to the taxpayer is unknown, but likely to be significant.
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The London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games: post-Games review
Published on:The NAO has underlined the success of the 2012 Games and stressed the importance of building on that success to deliver legacy benefits.
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Published on:The Trust board’s poor financial management and procurement of an unaffordable PFI scheme have left the Trust in a critical financial position.
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Managing the expansion of the academies programme
Published on:The rapid expansion of the programme has been a significant achievement, but the DfE was unprepared for the scale of the financial implications.
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Tax avoidance: tackling marketed avoidance schemes
Published on:HMRC is making some headway in reducing opportunities for tax avoidance, but over 100 new schemes have been disclosed in each of the last four years.
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Financial Management at the BBC
Published on:The BBC demonstrates sound financial management but must align its spending decisions more closely with its strategic priorities.
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Overview of Ofgem 2011-12
Published on:This briefing on Ofgem, a non-ministerial government department, is similar to the briefings we are producing on the 15 major government departments. It is produced primarily as a briefing for the Environment and Climate Change Committee, and is based on Ofgem’s annual report and accounts and our own work relevant to Ofgem.
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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.
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Managing risk reduction at Sellafield
Published on:There are significant uncertainties in plans for cleaning-up Sellafield. The Authority is working to understand and address project under-performance.
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Managing the impact of Housing Benefit reform
Published on:DWP is working to manage the introduction of the housing benefit reforms and has a critical role to play in anticipating adverse consequences.
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Fact Sheet: Whole of Government Accounts 2010-11
Published on:This Fact Sheet highlights key figures in the Whole of Government Account, audit findings and recommendations. It may also be used by a range of users to obtain a quick overview of the accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General’s audit opinion.
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Funding for local transport: an overview
Published on:As the funding and provision of transport decentralises, this report gives an overview of the landscape and highlights issues and risks.