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  2. Central government’s use of consultants and interims

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    The amount of money being spent by government on external consultants has fallen slightly since 2006-07. However, government is not getting value for money from its use of consultants because it often lacks the information, skills and strategies to manage them effectively.

  3. Homelessness

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    Homelessness has increased across all measures since 2010, with many local authorities now seeing it as a risk to their financial sustainability.

  4. Regenerating the English Coalfields

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    Whitehall initiatives to revive former coalfield communities have helped to make them more attractive places to live and work but many remain among the most deprived areas in England and opportunities to help train local people and promote local businesses have been missed, the NAO has today reported. The regeneration effort has three strands: the […]

  6. The BBC’s efficiency programme

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    A report on the BBC’s progress to date in delivering efficiency savings required by the BBC Trust following the 2007 licence fee settlement.

  7. Train to Gain: Developing the skills of the workforce

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    At a cost of £1.47 billion by March 2009, Train to Gain had supported employer-focused training for over one million learners, and had developed a skills brokerage service with which a majority of employers was satisfied. But while Train to Gain has achieved undoubted benefits for employers, the NAO has concluded that over its full […]

  8. The Motability scheme

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    This report considers: the Motability scheme’s customer offer and performance; Motability Operations’ financial model; and the scheme’s governance arrangements.

  9. Handling of the Windrush situation

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    This study examines how the Home Office handled the impact of its immigration policies on the Windrush generation.

  10. The Warm Front Scheme

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    The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Warm Front Scheme to tackle fuel poverty in England helped to improve the energy efficiency of over 635,000 households between June 2005 and March 2008. According to a report by the National Audit Office there were, however, 1.9 million vulnerable households in 2006, so this rate of progress […]

  11. BERR’s oversight of the Post Office Network Change Programme

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    In a report published today, the National Audit Office has found that the Post Office Network Change Programme has largely met its targets and complied with the undertakings given by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. However, the implementation of some of the new Outreach services, planned for 500 locations where conventional post […]

  12. NHS Pay Modernisation in England: Agenda for Change

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     According to a National Audit Office report, the NHS has successfully transferred 1.1 million NHS employees on to a new simplified pay system. Given the scale of the NHS this was a substantial task which the NHS, in partnership with the trade unions, achieved in a short timescale. There are some examples of NHS trusts […]

  13. Protecting consumers from scams, unfair trading and unsafe goods

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    The report examines the system protecting consumers from scams, unfair trading, and unsafe goods. BEIS has made progress since our 2011 review, but needs to do more, particularly in the context of the growth of e-commerce.

  15. Department for Education: The Academies Programme

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    Many academies are performing impressively in delivering the Academies Programme’s intended improvements. Most academies are achieving greater rates of improvement in academic attainment than their predecessor schools.

  16. Ministry of Justice Financial Management Report

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    The Ministry of Justice has made progress in improving its financial management, but currently falls short of best practice in the consistency of its financial management approach, its understanding of its costs and the integration of its financial management systems and processes.

  17. Decommissioning toolkit
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    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. Britannia Field Development Dates: April 1993 – October 1998 The Britannia field was one of the largest known remaining gas fields in the U.K. to be brought onto production. With estimated gas reserves of 3 trillion cubic feet, the field produced at its peak enough gas to […]

  19. Department for Work and Pensions Pension Protection Fund

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    The Pension Protection Fund, which protects private sector pensions, has delivered value for money in terms of investing efficiently and preparing adequately for the potential impact of future claims, a National Audit Office report says today. The Fund must take steps to ensure that it continues to deliver value for money in the future, particularly […]