Achieving net zero
Published on:This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
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Achieving Innovation in Central Government Organisations
Published on:The first independent report into operational innovation in central government has found that, although a deep rooted culture of risk aversion is being tackled and improvements in quality and efficiency of service are being made, government bodies could still secure greater benefits and efficiencies with more innovative and progressive approaches. The NAO report published today […]
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Achieving Improvements through Clinical Governance: A Progress Report on Implementation by NHS Trusts
Published on:A major initiative to secure better quality care by the NHS and improve patients’ confidence in its services has made early progress and is already delivering benefits. However, according to a report by the National Audit Office, progress in implementing ‘clinical governance’ is patchy, varying between and within NHS trusts and between the components of […]
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Achieving government’s long-term environmental goals
Published on:This report examines how government has set itself up to deliver its long-term environmental goals.
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Achievements and Costs of the Common Agricultural Policy in the United Kingdom
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Achievement of Foundation Trust status by NHS hospital trusts
Published on:Many NHS trusts need to tackle a range of financial, quality and governance issues if they are to meet the standards required of them to become self-governing foundation trusts by 2014. The Department of Health and the NHS will now have to decide how they will deal with those facing the most severe problems.
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Accounting Officer assessments: improving decision-making and transparency over government’s major programmes
Published on:This report considers the extent to which AO assessments are supporting good decision-making in line with expected standards and providing transparency over significant spending decisions up to the end of 2021.
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Accounting for Inflation in Defence Procurement
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Accountability in small government bodies
Published on:Government can release resources and improve accountability by tailoring governance and audit requirements for small public bodies.
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Accommodation services for the Department for Work and Pensions: Transfer of property to the private sector
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the £1.2 billion expansion of the PRIME contract, that DWP had succeeded in getting the deal it had set out to achieve. The decision to proceed via a non-competitive negotiation with LST was the right one. DWP introduced competitive tension into […]
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Accommodation for HM Customs and Excise London Investigation Division Staf
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Access to unplanned or urgent care
Published on:A National Audit Office (NAO) report assessing the government’s approach to improving urgent and emergency care services in England.
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Access to the Victoria and Albert Museum
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, told Parliament today that much is being done to tackle the downward trend in the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)’s visitor numbers but this work needs to be taken further. In 1999-2000 there were 1.27 million visitors to the Museum, some 320,000 lower than the target […]
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Access to Properties Grant-Aided by English Heritage
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, told Parliament today that the great majority of property owners who receive English Heritage grants are complying with requirements to allow public access. However, the access position remains unclear for a significant number of properties, and in a minority of cases practical obstacles were encountered when […]
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Access to clinical trial information and the stockpiling of Tamiflu
Published on:There is broad agreement that Tamiflu reduces the length of illness, but the consensus breaks down on whether it prevents serious complications and deaths.
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Academy schools sector in England Consolidated annual report and accounts 2017-18
Published on:The C&AG has reported on the Academy schools sector in England Consolidated annual report and accounts.
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Academy Schools Sector in England Consolidated annual report and accounts 2016/17
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on these accounts.
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Academy Schools Sector in England Consolidated Accounts 2015-16
Published on:This is the first year in which the Department for Education (the Department) has produced Academy Sector Accounts which consolidate the results of the 3,013 academy trusts that were open during the year ended 31 August 2016.
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Academies and maintained schools: Oversight and intervention
Published on:The Department is not able to demonstrate the effectiveness of how it and others intervene in underperforming maintained schools and academies.
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A5 Queue relocation in Dunstable
Published on:A new traffic scheme in Dunstable has not delivered the expected benefits, according to a report by the National Audit Office published today. Dunstable town centre suffers severe traffic congestion, due to limited road capacity and high volumes of heavy goods vehicles, causing poor air quality. The Dunstable A5 queue relocation scheme was designed to […]