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  3. Exploiting the UK brand overseas

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    The GREAT campaign enables government organisations to adopt consistent and effective brand management. To date, Cabinet Office has reported a return of £1.2 billion on its £113.5 million GREAT campaign investment. This is based on anticipated as well as actual expenditure by business, tourists and students.

  5. Exiting the EU: The financial settlement

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    This report forms part of the National Audi Office’s programme of work to examine how the government is overseeing and implementing the UK’s exit from the EU. It is our first report on the financial settlement, assessing HM Treasury’s estimate of the cost of the settlement.

  7. Exiting the EU: Consumer protection, competition and state aid

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    This report examines the progress made by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Competition and Markets Authority, and National Trading Standards in building the UK’s legal framework and capacity and capability in consumer protection, competition and state aid.

  8. Examining the value for money of deals under the Private Finance Initiative

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, provided Parliament today with a ground breaking report explaining the National Audit Office’s approach to examining the value for money of deals under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Having already published eight reports on major privately financed projects Sir John said the time was now right […]

  11. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments Compendium Report 2004-05

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, said today that there were examples where the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) process had helped departments to develop a better policy proposal. But there were also cases where its impact was limited because it had not been an integral part of the policy making process. Sir […]

  12. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments Compendium Report 2003-04

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    In a report today, head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn concluded that Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) can improve the regulatory process when undertaken thoroughly, although the RIAs themselves could be improved in some cases. Sir John’s conclusions were based on an evaluation of 10 RIAs undertaken by a number of Departments, six […]

  13. Evaluation of regulatory impact assessments 2006-07

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    Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs), used to assess the need for, and potential impact of, new regulations, have not always been used effectively, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office. The report finds that RIAs often failed to consider fully the cost and benefit of regulation, and did not take account of […]

  14. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments 2005-06

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    Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) are often not used in the right way, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office. The report finds that the purpose of RIAs is not always understood, there is a lack of clarity in the presentation of the analysis and persistent weaknesses in the assessments. As a […]

  16. Evaluating the government balance sheet: pensions

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    We have published a series of reports which explore some of the major risks to public finances highlighted in the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA).

  18. Evaluating the government balance sheet: borrowing

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    Public and private borrowing are high, kept affordable by record low interest rates, and quantitative easing continues ten years after the crisis it responded to.