Food safety and authenticity in the processed meat supply chain
Published on:The horsemeat incident in January 2013 exposed weaknesses in control in the food supply chain.
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Preparations for the roll-out of smart meters
Published on:There are major risks the Department of Energy and Climate Change must address to achieve value for money from its £11.3 billion national programme to install ‘smart’ electricity and gas meters in all homes and smaller non-domestic premises in Great Britain from 2014 to 2019.
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Flood Risk Management in England
Published on:Giving greater responsibility and discretion to local authorities to identify flood risk and target investment raises significant challenges, especially during a time of budget cuts and other newly devolved responsibilities. Greater value for money can be achieved through these reforms, but key elements of what is required are not yet in place.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Financial Management Report 2011
Published on:Despite the fact that the Defra has made improvements in its financial management, the NAO cannot yet conclude that the Department is achieving value for money in its financial management activity.
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Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for Energy and Climate Change 2010-2011
Published on:This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Energy and Climate Change during 2010-2011.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Rural Payments Agency 2010-2011 financial statements
Published on:The NAO has published its report on the 2010-11 accounts of the Rural payments Agency.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2010-2011 accounts
Published on:The NAO has published its report on the 2010-11 accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Improving the delivery of animal health and welfare services through the Business Reform Programme
Published on:Defra should continue to fund the Agency to complete this programme to improve the management of animal disease and secure the full benefits of the new ICT.
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Environmental protection
Published on:The National Audit Office has prepared this briefing on environmental protection for the new members of the Environmental Audit Committee
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Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2010-2011
Published on:This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during 2010-2011.
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Sustainable development
Published on:Sustainable development is a devolved issue and this briefing covers government policy in England with a brief overview of the work of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 28
Published on:Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 covering the period 2008-2011
Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 28 led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ‘Secure a healthy environment for today and the future’
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Managing front line delivery costs
Published on:Defra needs good cost information to scrutinise and challenge its arm’s length bodies, so that it can reduce costs with minimal disruption to frontline services.
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Preventing fraud in contracted employment programmes
Published on:Reported fraud in Employment Programmes is low despite past flaws such as in the New Deal. New improvement controls are better, yet risks remain.
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Memorandum for Environmental Audit Committee: Waste and Recycling review
Published on:This memorandum has been prepared to support the Environmental Audit Committee to consider the decision taken by Defra in 2010, to withdraw the provisional allocation of PFI credits from seven (out of 18) PFI projects.
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Assessing the cost to public funds of animal diseases
Published on:Commentary on cost data provided by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Advisory Group on Responsibility and Cost Sharing
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Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 27
Published on:Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 covering the period 2008-2011
Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 27 led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change: ‘To lead the global effort to avoid dangerous climate change’
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DEFRA: Reducing the impact of business waste through the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme
Published on:The amount of harmful business waste sent to landfill has fallen, but it is not possible to say how much of this reduction is down to a £240 million government programme, according to a National Audit Office report published today. The NAO was unable to conclude whether the spending was value for money because the […]
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Rural Payments Agency 2009-2010 financial statements
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2009-10 accounts of the Rural Payments Agency because of inaccurate assessments of payments made to farmers under the Single Payment scheme.
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The Electricity Generating Landscape in Great Britain
Published on:This briefing for the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee provides an overview of the key features of the policy and regulatory framework for electricity generation, and the nature of the transition required over the next 10 years to meet emissions reduction and renewable energy targets.