Search results for 'Defence'

Clear all filters

Showing 301 - 320 of 380 results

  9. The Private Finance Initiative: The Contract for the Defence Fixed Telecommunications System

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    The Ministry of Defence achieved a good price when they awarded the contract for a new Defence Fixed Telecommunication System to BT in 1997, Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, told Parliament today. The ten year contract let under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is expected to cost £612 million with a […]

  15. The Risk of Fraud in Property Management

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today on the risk of fraud in property management in the Ministry of Defence. Property management on the Defence Estate consists of maintenance work and minor new construction work up to a value of about £300,000 for each individual job, including VAT and […]

  19. Managing Reductions in the Number of Vacant Family Quarters

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that 23 per cent (over 14,000 houses) of the family quarters estate held in Great Britain by the Ministry of Defence (the Department) was vacant, costing some £39 milliona year in rent and maintenance. The Executive disposed of nearly 2,000 houses in […]

  20. Ministry of Defence: The Joint Services Command and Staff College

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, Head of the National Audit Office, told Parliament today that the Joint Services Command and Staff College was a success story and had obtained value for money when using the PFI to procure its permanent home. The Ministry of Defence did well to establish the College but there is scope to improve […]