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  3. Protecting consumers from unsafe products

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    This report examines the extent to which the UK’s product safety regime protects consumers from harm, focusing on the OPSS.

  4. Electricity networks

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    This report examines how effectively Ofgem has used electricity network price controls to protect consumers and achieve government’s environmental goals.

  5. Non-executive appointments

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    Government is taking longer than it should to appoint non-executive directors (NEDs) to public positions, and these delays can leave gaps on boards, creating risks to governance, and reducing the number of high-quality candidates.

  7. A Short guide to Regulation

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    The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.

  8. Fracking for shale gas in England

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    This report sets out the facts about the government’s support of shale gas development in England.

  9. Water supply and demand management

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    This report sets out the challenges facing the water industry in England and assesses how Defra is tackling them.

  10. Ensuring food safety and standards

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    This report examines the effectiveness of regulations to ensure that food is safe and is what it says it is.

  11. Care Quality Commission regulating health and social care

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    Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.

  13. Progress report: Terminating the Magnox contract

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    This report examines the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s management of the renegotiated contract in place with Cavendish Fluor Partnership.

  14. Performance measurement by regulators

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    This good practice guide aids improvement in performance measurement and reporting by regulators and other organisations seeking to deliver outcomes through third parties. It has been developed in collaboration with regulators and includes the NAO’s experience from working with them and examples of regulators’ good practice. It’s complemented by ‘Performance measurement: Good practice criteria and maturity model’.

  16. A digital BBC

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    This report assesses whether the BBC is on track to deliver value to its users from its digital transformation.

  17. Rolling out smart meters

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    This report examines the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s progress in rolling out smart meters.

  19. Supporting mobile connectivity

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    It is unclear whether a government programme to expand 4G coverage to 95% of the UK landmass by December 2025 will be delivered on time.

  20. Decarbonising home heating

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    The number of heat pump installations by December 2023 was less than half of planned projections; uncertainty regarding the role of hydrogen in home heating is hampering investment and effective planning.