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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Cabinet Office and HM Treasury – Integration across government
Published on:By operating in a more integrated way, government could reduce inefficiencies in public services and deliver a better service to citizens.
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Universal Credit: getting to first payment
Published on:This report examines how the DWP is managing the process of getting to first payment in Universal Credit.
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Ministry of Defence: Maximising the Benefits of Defence Equipment Co-Operation
Published on: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 […]
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Planting Trees in England
Published on:This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.
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Universal Credit: early progress
Published on:Universal Credit plans were driven by an ambitious timescale, and this led to the adoption of a new approach. The programme suffered from weak management and ineffective control.
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The Police Uplift Programme
Published on:This report examines whether the Home Office is well placed to deliver value for money from the Police Uplift Programme.
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Department of Social Security – Benefits Agency – Performance Measurement
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The effective management of tax reliefs
Published on:HM Treasury and HMRC do not keep track of tax reliefs intended to change behaviour, or adequately report to Parliament on whether tax reliefs work as expected.
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Payments of Social Security Benefits to Overseas Customers
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Specialist skills in the civil service
Published on:This report examines the progress the government has made in developing specialist skills in the civil service.
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Department for Work and Pensions annual report and accounts 2018-19
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has reported on the 2018-19 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Achieving net zero
Published on:This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
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A commentary for the Committee of Public Accounts on the Work Programme outcome statistics
Published on:This commentary, on the first set of Work Programme data, has been produced for the Committee of Public Accounts.
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Managing the risks of legacy ICT to public service delivery
Published on:Older ICT systems critical for the delivery of key public services (‘legacy ICT’) expose departments to risks which must be understood and managed.
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Government grant services
Published on:Government has given less attention to grants than to other policy funding mechanisms, despite grant funding being higher in value, making up 41 per cent (£292 billion) of its total expenditure.
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Department of Social Security – Housing Benefits
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Overview of the UK government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
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Financial statements of the Youth Justice Board 2012-13
Published on:Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, has today qualified the accounts of the Youth Justice Board (YJB).
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The energy supplier market
Published on:This report examines the recent exit of energy suppliers from the market and government’s role in managing the exits.