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The Regeneration of the Greenwich Peninsula: A Progress Report
Published on:The O2, a central part of plans to regenerate the Greenwich Peninsula, opened on time in June 2007 and has become a highly successful entertainment venue which has boosted local employment. According to the National Audit Office, however, housing development on the rest of the Peninsula is taking longer than originally expected, and financial returns […]
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HM Revenue & Customs 2007-08 Accounts
Published on:Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Renewing the physical infrastructure of English further education colleges
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Financial Reporting and Financial Management: General Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2007
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Ministry of Defence: The Defence Information Infrastructure
Published on:The Ministry of Defence programme to replace hundreds of different IT systems with a single, secure, high quality computer infrastructure is based on a sound rationale and convincing business case. According to a National Audit Office report issued today, the Defence Information Infrastructure Programme (DII) has delivered important benefits, but has run into implementation difficulties, […]
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Ministry of Defence: Hercules C-130 Tactical Fixed Wing Airlift Capability
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Widening participation in higher education
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Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Progress report June 2008
Published on:In its progress report on the Olympic and Paralympic Games the National Audit Office has found that with four years to go until the start of the Games, the preparations have progressed in important ways. In particular, there has been good progress in preparing the Olympic Park site and construction activities are broadly on track. […]
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The British Council: Achieving Impact
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Skills for Life: Progress in Improving Adult Literacy and Numeracy
Published on:The strategy to improve basic literacy and numeracy skills has helped over 5.7 million adults achieve a qualification or other specified learning aim at a cost of £5 billion, according to the National Audit Office. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Learning and Skills Council exceeded targets for the number of adults […]
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Ministry of Defence: Chinook Mk3 Helicopters
Published on:The NAO has today reported on whether the Ministry of Defence has taken appropriate steps to make its fleet of eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters operational. The helicopters were delivered in 2001 but airworthiness concerns mean that they have been kept in storage and not flown operationally. According to today’s report to Parliament, the MoD’s progress […]
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Gender equality scheme and action plan 2007-10
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The UK’s response to the South Asia earthquake – NAO report to the International Development Committee
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Shared services in the Department for Transport and its agencies
Published on:Plans to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of services such as human resources, payroll and finance could cost the Department for Transport £81 million (by March 2015) rather than saving £57 million as originally expected. There will need to be substantial improvements in the shared service centre’s productivity if the Department’s original targets are to […]
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Making grants efficiently in the culture, media and sport sector
Published on:Grant-makers in the culture, media and sport sector fund awards of around £1.8 billion a year. The cost of administering these grants, and of related activities, is in the region of £200 million. Variations in administration costs between grant programmes reflect their differing objectives but also suggest scope for grant-makers to learn from each other […]
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The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006
Published on:Delivering the National Programme for IT in the NHS is proving to be an enormous challenge. All elements of the Programme are advancing and some are complete, but the original timescales for the electronic Care Records Service, one of the central elements of the Programme, turned out to be unachievable, raised unrealistic expectations and put […]
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Disability equality scheme progress report 2007
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Financial Management in the European Union
Published on:The European Commission and Member States have made progress in strengthening the financial management of European Union funds, according to a report today from the National Audit Office. But for the thirteenth year in a row the European Court of Auditors (ECA) did not provide a positive Statement of Assurance on the legality and regularity […]
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The Procurement of the National Roads Telecommunications Services
Published on:The Highways Agency successfully transferred to the private sector the risks associated with procuring a digital information system for England’s motorway network. The procurement lasted five years, however, over twice as long as the Agency originally expected, and two well qualified potential bidders dropped out during a 17 month short listing process, leaving just two […]