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  2. School funding in England

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    This report examines the Department for Education’s funding provision and distribution of funding for mainstream schools in England.

  3. Savings from operational PFI contracts

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    Progress on the Government’s initiative to achieve £1.5 billion worth of savings from operational PFI contracts.

  12. Safety, Quality, Efficacy: Regulating Medicines in the UK

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    The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) has a good track record, nationally and internationally, in protecting public health and in ensuring that medicines are in general safe, of good quality and effective if used properly. But, according to a National Audit Office report, it needs to do more to improve the quality of information and advice […]

  13. Royal Travel by Air and Rail

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    In the three years since the Royal Household took over responsibility for managing its own air and rail travel, the cost of such travel has reduced by two thirds. However, as a result of the National Audit Office’s enquiries, the basis of charging by the Ministry of Defence for royal use of the RAF’s 32 […]

  14. Royal Mint Trading Fund Accounts 2001-2002

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the 2001-02 trading fund accounts of the Royal Mint. Sir John noted that the Royal Mint had recorded an operating loss (excluding the one-off costs of a restructuring programme) of £6.5 million for the 2001-02 financial year – its second consecutive […]

  16. Royal Air Force Museum White Paper 2012-2013

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    Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has qualified his audit opinion on the 2012-13 Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum accounts in relation to the part of the Museum staff’s pay award for which it did not have ministerial approval.

  17. Rolling out Universal Credit

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    In this report, we assess the value for money of the Department for Work and Pensions’ introduction of Universal Credit.

  18. 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.

  20. Risk Management: The Nuclear Liabilities of British Energy plc

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that contingent risks he and the Public Accounts Committee had identified following British Energy’s privatisation had materialised. The Department for Trade and Industry had clearly recognised the risks to the taxpayer arising from the nuclear liabilities of British Energy. However, while the Company appeared […]