Showing 561 - 580 of 2725 results

  3. Severance and wider benefits for senior BBC managers

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Savings the BBC has made from senior manager redundancies exceed the cost of severance payments but it has too often breached its policies on severance payments for senior managers.

  4. Settling large tax disputes

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Following review by a former tax judge, the NAO concludes that all five settlements were reasonable but there is concern over the settlement processes.

  5. Setting key targets for Executive Agencies: A Guide

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    This guidance has been developed to help those involved in the process of agreeing targets for Executive Agencies set challenging targets that will help deliver the outcomes and the standard of service delivery the public expect.

  6. Serving Time: Prisoner Diet and Exercise

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that significant improvements have been made in HM Prison Service’s catering arrangements resulting in financial savings and improved quality of service. Since 2003-04, savings of some £2.5 million have been made each year from expenditure on food and some £1.7 million a year on […]

  7. Services for people with rheumatoid arthritis

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Too many people with rheumatoid arthritis are not being diagnosed or treated quickly enough, and some services for people with the disease are not coordinated enough, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office. Delay in treatment is detrimental to patients’ health, their quality of life and, with three quarters of people […]

  9. Services for people with neurological conditions

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Since 2005, when the Department of Health introduced its National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions, people with neurological conditions have had better access to health services; but key indicators of quality have worsened. The Department does not know what the Framework and additional spending of nearly 40 per cent have achieved.

  11. Service Family Accommodation

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    This memorandum has been prepared to support the Committee of Public Accounts’ consideration of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) provision of accommodation to its service personnel.

  13. Serious Fraud Office 2011-12 accounts

    Report Financial audit

    Published on:

    The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 accounts of the Serious Fraud Office in respect of the voluntary redundancy costs for the former Chief Executive Officer.

  14. Securing strategic leadership for the learning and skills sector in England

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the frameworks that the Department for Education and Skills and the Learning and Skills Council have developed and put in place to plan and monitor the further education sector are likely to support systematic planning and provide reasonable assurance. As the frameworks develop, […]

  15. Second validation compendium report 2003-06 PSA data systems

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today on the progress that Departments have made in establishing robust data systems to measure and report performance against 2003-06 Public Service Agreement targets. This report presents the overall findings from the NAO’s examination of the data systems used by 18 Departments and the cross […]

  20. Scottish Enterprise: Skillseekers Training for Young People

    Report Value for money

    Published on:

    Scottish Enterprise’s Skillseekers programme had made considerable progress in delivering Vocational Qualifications for young people at reducing unit cost. There are, however, a number of ways that Scottish Enterprise and Local Enterprise Companies (LECs) can build on their successes, Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to the Scottish Parliament today. Skillseekers […]