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  1. Managing the impact of Housing Benefit reform

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    DWP is working to manage the introduction of the housing benefit reforms and has a critical role to play in anticipating adverse consequences.

  3. Managing the HMRC Estate

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    By reducing the number of its offices and moving to a regional centre model HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) hopes to significantly reduce its running costs and modernise the way it works. HMRC’s original plan has proved unrealistic and is now reconsidering the scope and timing of the programme. Any changes will need to be carefully managed to avoid diminishing the long term value of the strategy.

  4. Managing the expansion of the academies programme

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    The rapid expansion of the programme has been a significant achievement, but the DfE was unprepared for the scale of the financial implications.

  5. Managing the defence inventory

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    The MOD is buying more inventory than it uses and not consistently disposing of stock it no longer needs using money that could be spent elsewhere.

  6. Managing the Defence Estate: Quality and sustainability

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    The Ministry of Defence has introduced positive changes to how it manages its estate and has invested substantial resources to maintain and improve it. The MoD, however, accepts that it has more work to do to provide a sustainable estate of the right quality, the National Audit Office has today reported to Parliament. The MoD […]

  7. Managing the Defence Estate

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the Ministry of Defence is successfully introducing new management and contractual arrangements to deliver a better quality estate and has embarked on a major programme of estate rationalisation. However, more needs to be done to ensure that the benefits of these changes are […]

  9. Managing the BBC’s workforce

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    The BBC’s approach to managing its workforce shows definite progress. It will need to monitor workforce changes carefully to build on the recent progress it has made.

  11. Managing the BBC’s estate

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    The BBC has made good progress in rationalising and upgrading its estate. But value for money in the short to medium term will depend crucially on the BBC’s making better use of its estate.

  12. Managing the Bank of England’s Central Services

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    This report examines whether the Bank of England has a sufficiently ambitious strategy for developing efficient and cost-effective Central Services.

  14. Managing tax compliance following the pandemic

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    This report examines the extent to which HMRC is well-placed to manage its compliance work following the pandemic, including future risks and challenges.

  15. Managing staff costs in central government

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    Despite numbers of staff employed by central government falling slightly over the last decade, costs have increased by 10 per cent.

  16. Managing Risks to Improve Public Services

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that good progress has been made by departments to improve their risk management capacity since his previous report in August 2000, although departments have further to go to demonstrate that they have made effective risk management a central part of their day […]

  17. Managing risk reduction at Sellafield

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    There are significant uncertainties in plans for cleaning-up Sellafield. The Authority is working to understand and address project under-performance.

  18. Managing Resources to Deliver Better Public Services

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    Recent changes have allowed Government departments to make improved use of money, assets and other resources. Many departments have begun to take advantage of these tools but they can still do more to better manage what they have so that they can deliver high quality public services, Sir John Bourn, the head of the NAO, […]

  19. Managing Reductions in the Number of Vacant Family Quarters

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that 23 per cent (over 14,000 houses) of the family quarters estate held in Great Britain by the Ministry of Defence (the Department) was vacant, costing some £39 milliona year in rent and maintenance. The Executive disposed of nearly 2,000 houses in […]