The National Audit Office today released a report showing the potential for modern methods of construction to provide good quality homes quickly and efficiently. The NAO also provides guidance on identifying and managing the risks associated with modern methods of construction. This work responds to a request from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister […]
The Building Schools for the Future programme aims to rebuild, refurbish and provide new Information Technology for all 3,500 secondary schools in England by 2020. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) underestimated how long it would take to launch the programme and build the schools, though the speed of delivery has compared well […]
This briefing has been prepared for the Communities and Local Government Select Committee on the performance of the Department for Communities and Local Government (the Department) in the 2008‑09 financial year and subsequent months to August 2009.
This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has made progress in setting up its new programme to release enough public sector land for 160,000 homes by 2020 but the programme has had a relatively slow start.
This interim report provides an overview of test and trace services for addressing COVID-19 in England.
This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
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 […]
This briefing has been prepared for the Communities and Local Government Select Committee to provide an overview of the work and performance of the Department for Communities and Local Government (the Department) in the financial year 2007-08 and subsequent months. It takes as its basis the Department’s Annual Report 2008, drawing upon the work of the National Audit Office (NAO) together with relevant material from other external and internal reviews of departmental performance.
For combined authorities to deliver real progress they will need to demonstrate that they can drive economic growth and contribute to public sector reform.
This study examines the government’s support for bus services and whether enablers to improve bus services are in place.
This report assesses how well pupils with special educational needs and disabilities are being supported.
This report reviews developments in the sector and examines whether the Department, along with other departments with responsibility for local services, understands the impact of funding reductions on the financial and service sustainability of local authorities.
Affordable housing is a priority for local authorities and Government, with £3.3 billion being invested between 2004 and 2006, and further increases planned. Most local authorities believe, however, that they will not meet the need for affordable housing in the next three years. This was the key finding of a study undertaken by the Audit […]
The need for housing in England has in recent years grown faster than its supply, and housebuilding needs to increase across the country.
How NHS England has handled a backlog of 374,000 items.
This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.
Homelessness has increased across all measures since 2010, with many local authorities now seeing it as a risk to their financial sustainability.