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  2. Successful commissioning toolkit
    Practical Case Studies

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. There are three Practical Case Studies available: Local Government Primary Care Trust Central Government Related content Table of contents Successful commissioning toolkit: Table of contents Previous page Evaluation Next page Local Government

  3. Investigation: the government’s funding of Kids Company

    Report Value for money

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    Kids Company, a children’s charity, received at least £46m of public funding. Officials raised concerns about the charity’s cash flow and financial sustainability at least 6 times between 2002 and 2015 but the charity never reached a position where it was able to operate without government assistance.

  4. Pressures on children’s social care

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    This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.

  5. Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014

    Report Value for money

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    Local authorities have worked hard to manage reductions in government funding, but the DCLG needs to be better informed about the situation across England.

  6. Local authority governance

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    Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable

  7. Managing flood risk – raw data files

    The files below are the raw data that powers our data visualisation tool. We have provided these .csv format files as an accessible alternative for those who are unable to make use of the data visualisation. Please download and analyse in your preferred assistive technology. Flood risk tool Flood Defences by Region.csv This dataset provides […]

  9. Financial sustainability of local authorities

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    The NAO examines central government’s approach to the funding of local authorities as they deal with reduced funding without reducing services.

  12. Planning for new homes

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    This report assesses how effectively the Department supports the planning regime to provide the right homes in the right places.

  13. Decommissioning toolkit
    Useful links

    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. This guidance shares its useful links with the Successful Commissioning Guide, which can be found at the link below: Successful Commissioning Guide: Useful links NAO guidance NAO: Decision Support Tool NAO: Intelligent Monitoring NAO: Working with the Third Sector Other guidance BIS Prompt Payment Guidance for Public […]

  14. Managing flood risk

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    This report evaluates whether government’s approach to managing the risks of flooding and coastal erosion is achieving value for money.

  16. Progress report on the Regional Growth Fund

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    Improvements have been made to the running of the Regional Growth Fund, but there is still a significant amount of public money to allocate through the Fund.

  18. Successful commissioning toolkit
    Useful links to other guidance and websites

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. NAO guidance NAO: Decision Support Tool NAO: Intelligent Monitoring NAO: Working with the Third Sector Other guidance BIS Prompt Payment Guidance for Public Sector Organisations BIS: How the State Aid rules impact upon funding for the delivery of Public Services including Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) […]

  19. Successful commissioning toolkit

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. How to secure value for money through better financial relationships with third sector organisations Successful commissioning means delivering the right outcomes at the right cost. Compare that with our definition of good value for money: ‘the optimal use of resources to achieve the intended outcomes’. Successful commissioning is, almost […]