Severance and wider benefits for senior BBC managers
Published on:Savings the BBC has made from senior manager redundancies exceed the cost of severance payments but it has too often breached its policies on severance payments for senior managers.
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 2012-13: an explanatory report by the C&AG
Published on:This report highlights the key financial results that the C&AG judges to be important to the interpretation of the audited financial statements with respect to the underlying activities and timescales involved.
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Confidentiality clauses and special severance payments
Published on:There is a lack of transparency, consistency and accountability in the use of compromise agreements in the public sector and little is being done to change this.
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Building capability in the Senior Civil Service to meet today’s challenges
Published on:The government now accepts the urgent need for a skilled cross-departmental leadership group – but this requires changing the long-standing culture of the Senior Civil Service.
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Financial management in government
Published on:Stronger financial management will be needed in departments if they are to speed up the restructuring of service delivery.
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Review of the final benefits statement for programmes previously managed under the National Programme for IT in the NHS
Published on:Benefits are expected to exceed costs slightly over the life of the systems, but there is uncertainty around whether the benefits will be realised
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Progress in tackling tobacco smuggling
Published on:Tobacco smuggling is a significant threat to tax revenues. HMRC’s renewed strategy sets out the right measures but the Department’s performance is disappointing.
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Progress in delivering the Thameslink programme
Published on:Thameslink aims to reduce overcrowding and journey times. Initial progress has been good but a 3 year delay in awarding the train contract puts the 2018 programme deadline at risk.
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Financial impacts from our work in 2012
Published on:The file contains all of the impacts of £5,000 or more which contribute to the overall total financial impacts claimed by the NAO of £1,186 million for 2012.
Financial impacts represent our estimate of the financial benefits achieved following implementation of the NAO’s recommendations to government.
Estimates are subject to internal quality assurance review, are agreed with senior management of the audited bodies and are independently validated by our external auditors.
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Access to clinical trial information and the stockpiling of Tamiflu
Published on:There is broad agreement that Tamiflu reduces the length of illness, but the consensus breaks down on whether it prevents serious complications and deaths.
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High Speed 2: A review of early programme preparation
Published on:The strategic case for HS2, in terms of increasing rail capacity and generating regional growth, has still to be demonstrated clearly.
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The BBC’s move to Salford
Published on:The relocation took place on time and without disruption to broadcasts and should be within budget. But it is too early to judge value for money for licence fee payers.
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Carrier Strike: The 2012 reversion decision
Published on:The MOD acted promptly to revert to the decision to buy the vertical take-off version of the Joint Strike Fighter but will have to manage significant risks.
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Funding of women’s centres in the community
Published on:The NAO has prepared this briefing for the Justice Select Committee in support of its inquiry into women offenders. The briefing looks specifically at the new funding arrangements for women’s centres in the community, which have been funded partly by the Ministry of Justice, the National Offender Management Service, and partly by probation trusts since 2009.
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Fact Sheet: Recent developments in government internal audit and assurance – spring 2013
Published on:This factsheet provides further details on recent developments, including the introduction of grouped internal audit services and the adoption of new internal audit standards by central government
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Internal Audit in Practice Case Studies
Published on:The Institute of Internal Auditors and the NAO released a set of case studies illustrating some of the key principles of effective internal auditing, taken from a range of public and private sector organisations (including British Telecom, Department for Work and Pensions, EDF etc).
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Administering the Equitable Life Payment Scheme
Published on:The Equitable Life payment scheme runs the risk of failing to meet payment targets and over-running on costs.
(If you think you may be entitled to a payment, please contact The Equitable Life Payment Scheme or call 0300 0200 150)
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The Efficiency and Reform Group
Published on:ERG has contributed significantly to departmental savings in 2011-12 but substantial and sustainable new savings streams will be needed to achieve £20bn of savings in 2014-15.
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Digital Britain 2: Putting users at the heart of government’s digital services
Published on:There is scope for greater use of online public services but there are still significant numbers of people who cannot go online or do not wish to do so.
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The New Homes Bonus
Published on:The NAO believes a review of the New Homes Bonus scheme is essential to ensure the Department understands the substantial financial risks to local authorities.