Briefing for House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee: Performance of the Dept of Energy and Climate Change
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Regulating to protect consumers: Utilities, communications and financial services markets
Published on:This report assesses how well Ofwat, Ofgem, Ofcom and the FCA measure and report their performance in protecting consumer interests.
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HM Customs and Excise: The Misuse and Smuggling of Hydrocarbon Oils
Published on:In November 2001, Customs produced estimates for the first time of the revenue loss from frauds on petrol and diesel. Customs estimated that in 2000 the loss could be between £450 million and £980 million in the UK, compared to revenue receipts of £22.6 billion on oils duties. Of this, diesel frauds on the UK […]
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Improving Service Delivery: The Food Standards Agency
Published on:Executive Agencies can improve how they set targets and do more to ensure that their initiatives are leading to better delivery of services, Sir John Bourn, the Head of the National Audit Office reported today. He presented to Parliament four reports which assess how agencies are seeking to improve public services. Executive Agencies need to […]
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Briefing for the Environmental Audit Committee: Adapting to Climate Change
Published on:This briefing by the National Audit Office is in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to provide an overview of government policy on adapting to climate change, including the implications of the Climate Change Act 2008 and the cross-government Adapting to Climate Change Programme, and progress across government Departments in identifying and managing risks from future climate change impacts.
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Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union: The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published on:The report focuses on how the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is preparing to exit from the EU. It is part of a series of NAO briefings on the key bodies in the centre of government and the major spending departments that have to deliver Exit programmes.
20 December 2017
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Briefing for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: Performance of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2008-09
Published on:This briefing has been prepared for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee to provide an overview of the work and performance of the Department in the financial year 2008-09 and subsequent months.
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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: progress with reducing risk at Sellafield
Published on:This report examines the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s role, its governance, and the complex challenges it faces in delivering its long-term mission; progress with reducing high hazard and risk at Sellafield, and limitations to faster progress; and the NDA and Sellafield Limited’s plans to ensure sustainable progress at Sellafield.
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Briefing for The House of commons: Performance of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Briefing for Environmental Audit Committee: Export Credits Guarantee Department and sustainability
Published on:This briefing has been prepared by the National Audit Office (NAO) to assist the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) inquiry into the Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD).
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Investigation into the 2017 auction for low-carbon electricity generation contracts
Published on:This report sets out the history of Contracts for Difference and how the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy designed the 2017 auction, including the changes it made to the rules related to the capacity cap, and the impact these changes had.
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Investigation into the Department of Energy & Climate Change’s loans to the Green Deal Finance Company
Published on:The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Green Deal design not only failed to deliver any meaningful benefit, it increased suppliers’ costs – and therefore energy bills – in meeting their obligations through the ECO scheme.
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Review for the Environmental Audit Committee: Renewable energy: options for scrutiny
Published on:This review of renewable energy has been prepared in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency Accounts 2015-16
Published on:Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), has qualified his opinion on the 2015-16 accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Nuclear power in the UK
Published on:This report looks at some of the main electricity system challenges the UK faces in the next two decades, and the aims and responsibilities of the Department of Energy & Climate Change.
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Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation
Published on:The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Green Deal design not only failed to deliver any meaningful benefit, it increased suppliers’ costs – and therefore energy bills – in meeting their obligations through the ECO scheme.
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Department of Education and Skills – Connexions Service for all Young People
Published on:Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn today reported on the Connexions Service, concluding that it is a radical change in the delivery of advice and guidance to young people and is on target to meeting its major objective of reducing the proportion of 16- to 18-year olds not in education, employment or […]
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Letter to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: British Waterways finances 2002-2012
Published on:NAO Letter to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on British Waterways finances 2002-2012.
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Briefing for Environmental Audit Committee – NAO Review of European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
Published on:This briefing by the National Audit Office has been carried out in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to provide an update on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme covering developments since the Committee last reported on this topic in 2007.
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Review for Environmental Audit Committee: Transport and the environment: options for scrutiny
Published on:Review on Transport and the environment: options for scrutiny, prepared in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee.