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  1. The Privatisation of Royal Mail

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    The Department was successful in floating Royal Mail. But its approach was marked by deep caution, the price of which was borne by the taxpayer.

  2. The BBC’s move to Salford

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    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.

  3. Ministry of Defence: Maximising the Benefits of Defence Equipment Co-Operation

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today told Parliament that defence equipment acquisition was an inherently complex and often expensive task. Co-operation adds another layer of complexity. It also offers potential economic, military, industrial and political benefits but in the past not all of these have been secured. Recent initiatives from the […]

  4. Decommissioning toolkit
    Practical example: Effectively carrying out decommissioning

    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. Following an options appraisal to decide on how to improve family support for under-5s, a Children’s Trust decided to move to an outcomes-based specification that was more focused on specific vulnerable young children and parents in the area. What happened? In order to secure the most appropriate […]

  5. Public Service Pensions

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    This report outlines how the public service pensions landscape has changed since the Hutton Review and highlights future challenges.

  6. Civil Service People Survey Explorer

    Overview Interactive visualisation

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    Find out how government departments score on diversity. Our interactive graphics summarise the findings from Cabinet Office’s People Survey.

  7. Establishing Free Schools

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    Many new Free Schools have been established quickly and at relatively low cost but the DfE will need to tackle a rising cost trend and systematically learn lessons from problems in a few early wave schools.

  8. Implementing transparency

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    Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.

  9. Decommissioning toolkit
    Getting advice and support for the process of decommissioning

    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. There can be many technical aspects to carrying out decommissioning include workforce considerations, ending of contracts, finances etc. It is important to get professional advice early on in the process, especially because the process of decommissioning can take place very quickly and there may not be time […]

  10. Decommissioning toolkit
    Best Practice Model

    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. How to measure and develop collaborative relationships The Collaborative Relationships best practice model is based on research commissioned by the National Audit Office (NAO) and undertaken by Soma Consultants to examine the impact that the focus on relationships had on project successes. The research was primarily based within […]

  11. Decommissioning toolkit
    What impact will the changes have?

    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. It is important to consider the potential impact of decommissioning early enough and thoroughly enough before a decision to decommission a service has been made. Even where full decommissioning does not take place, there will still be impacts on costs and the level and quality of service […]

  12. Successful commissioning toolkit
    Value for money and TSOs

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. It is important that financial relationships with third sector organisations (TSOs) are cost-effective, that good value for money is achieved by the programme or service involved. Poor value for money means either that: more needs to be spent to achieve the expected outcomes, leaving less money for other […]

  14. The first sale of shares in Lloyds Banking Group

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    The Government’s first sale of shares in Lloyds Banking Group was managed very effectively by United Kingdom Financial Investments Limited.

  15. Electricity networks

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    This report examines how effectively Ofgem has used electricity network price controls to protect consumers and achieve government’s environmental goals.

  16. Progress in delivering the Thameslink programme

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    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.

  17. Memorandum: The Future of Jobcentre Plus Inquiry

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    Our 2016 memorandum was prepared to inform the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into the future of Jobcentre Plus (JCP), including the likely effects of planned welfare policy changes on JCP footfall and journey time to jobcentres. In October 2017 we published an associated interactive data model allowing exploration of the time it will take for people to travel to their nearest jobcentre.

  18. Regulating defined contribution pension schemes

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    The Pensions Regulator and other agencies regulating defined contribution pension schemes should take a concerted approach towards collecting evidence and assessing risks to members.

  20. Charges for customer telephone lines

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    Government is continuing to make extensive use of higher rate telephone numbers for customer telephone lines, despite efforts by departments to reduce their use.