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  2. Community Legal Service: the introduction of contracting

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    The introduction of new arrangements in 2000 for the funding of civil legal aid has led to better scrutiny by the Legal Services Commission of the work of its suppliers and a greater degree of control over the civil legal aid budget, according to Sir John Bourn, Head of the National Audit Office. As the […]

  6. Community Fund: Review of grants made to the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns

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    The Community Fund adhered to its policies and procedures in awarding a grant to the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, Sir John Bourn, Head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today. However, these policies and procedures were not sufficiently robust and did not alert it to risks it was undertaking in awarding a […]

  7. Community Fund Financial Statements 2004-05 – discovery of irregular grant applications

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that he has qualified his audit opinion on the accounts of the Community Fund for 2004-05. The Community Fund (now operating as the Big Lottery Fund together with the New Opportunities Fund) have reported that, in September 2004 they identified a number […]

  10. Commercial skills for complex government projects

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    The National Audit Office has warned that the value for money of 43 major government projects worth around £200 billion is at risk because of significant weaknesses in the Government’s commercial skills and expertise. But there is an even greater risk to many other complex projects where skills shortages are not being assessed systematically. The […]

  11. Combating Fraud Position Statement

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    The Combating Fraud Position Statement covers client fraud identified in the course of financial audit and value for money examinations and links to our already well established approach towards money laundering.

  14. Coal Health Compensation Schemes

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    Two schemes, administered until recently by the Department of Trade and Industry, to compensate miners for damage to their health has resulted in the settlement of some 575,000 claims by March 2007, the payment of £3.6 billion in compensation and administration costs of £1.9 billion. A report out today by the National Audit Office has […]

  17. Client Funds Account – Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes 2014-15

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    The C&AG has qualified the DWP’s Client Funds Account on the grounds of material errors in the calculations of child maintenance assessments. He has also given an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the outstanding maintenance arrears.

  18. Client Funds Account – Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes 2013-14

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    The C&AG has qualified the DWP’s Client Funds Account on the grounds of material errors in the calculations of child maintenance assessments. He has also given an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the outstanding maintenance arrears.