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.
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.
HMCTS has improved its ability to provide financial information on fines and penalty transactions but significant issues remain with key data systems.
The NAO has highlighted five risks to the value for money of some national infrastructure projects.
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.
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.
Regulation of the consumer credit market is providing benefits to consumers, but is not minimizing consumer harm from unscrupulous trading practices.
Despite some welcome improvements, HMRC’s performance in answering calls from the public is poor value for money.
This commentary, on the first set of Work Programme data, has been produced for the Committee of Public Accounts.
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.
Farm oversight activity does not deliver value for money for the taxpayer and continues to burden compliant farmers unnecessarily.
The competition to let this franchise lacked oversight. The full cost to the taxpayer is unknown, but likely to be significant.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has again refused to sign off the financial accounts of the Ministry of Defence.
The NAO has underlined the success of the 2012 Games and stressed the importance of building on that success to deliver legacy benefits.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his opinion on the regularity of receipts and payments because of the level of error in maintenance assessments. He has also given an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the outstanding maintenance arrears.
The Trust board’s poor financial management and procurement of an unaffordable PFI scheme have left the Trust in a critical financial position.
The rapid expansion of the programme has been a significant achievement, but the DfE was unprepared for the scale of the financial implications.
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.
The BBC demonstrates sound financial management but must align its spending decisions more closely with its strategic priorities.
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.
Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department of Health’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.