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  3. 2013-14 Accounts of the Office for Legal Complaints

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    The C&AG has qualified his opinion on the 2013-14 Accounts of the Office for Legal Complaints. This is in part owing to expenses paid to its Chief Executive, the former Accounting Officer of the body, which were not retrospectively approved by the Ministry of Justice.

  4. Ministry of Defence 2013-14 accounts

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    The Ministry of Defence has made significant improvements in its management of and accounting for assets held on its inventory systems. However, the Department recognizes that it still faces significant challenges.

  6. Memorandum on Managing government suppliers

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    The NAO challenges government and its private sector contractors to work together more effectively in taxpayers’ interest and address the issues behind the current crisis of confidence in contracting out public services.

  8. Assurance of reported savings at Sellafield

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    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s systems for recording and challenging claimed savings at Sellafield give moderate assurance of reported overall savings since 2009-10.

  13. Transparency

    As a publicly funded organisation we have a duty to be transparent in our business operations. This page sets out our transparency principles and provides all of our publicly disclosed corporate information.

  14. Managing NHS hospital consultants

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    The 2003 contract for hospital consultants delivered many expected benefits, but there is room for improvement in how trusts manage their consultants.

  16. NAO Guide: Initiating successful projects

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    In this guide we highlight National Audit Office reports which illustrate the different approaches departments take to initiating projects. We show how they develop a realistic understanding of the risks, benefits and deliverability of projects.

  18. The procurement of consumables by NHS acute and Foundation trusts

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    NHS hospitals often pay more than they need to when buying basic supplies. A combination of inadequate information and fragmented purchasing means that NHS hospitals’ procurement of consumables is poor value for money.

  19. 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.