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  4. Lord Chancellor’s Department: Collection of fines and other financial penalties in the criminal justice system

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    The majority of financial penalties imposed by the courts are collected. But the significant cost of failing to bring in the remainder is highlighted today in a National Audit Office report. In 2000-2001, impositions which included fines, compensation awards to victims and prosecutors’ costs, totalled £385 million and collections £242 million – some of which related to […]

  5. Lord Chancellor’s Department, Crown Prosecution Service, Home Office: Criminal Justice: Working Together

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on joint administration of criminal justice by the main Departments concerned – the Crown Prosecution Service, the Home Office, and the Lord Chancellor’s Department. Departments have taken significant steps to improve collaboration between agencies and to focus on joint outcomes and streamline […]

  7. London Underground: Are the Public Private Partnerships likely to work successfully?

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    The National Audit Office reported today that there was limited assurance that the price of the three Tube PPPs was reasonable, and some uncertainty about the eventual price although any price revisions have to meet tests of economy and efficiency. The complexity of the PPPs resulted from the scale of the deals, innovative output specifications […]

  8. London Underground PPP: Were they good deals?

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    The National Audit Office reported today that there was limited assurance that the price of the three Tube PPPs was reasonable, and some uncertainty about the eventual price although any price revisions have to meet tests of economy and efficiency. The complexity of the PPPs resulted from the scale of the deals, innovative output specifications […]

  11. Local welfare provision

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    Overall spending on discretionary local welfare support by central and local government has reduced since April 2013. The consequences of this gap in provision are not understood.

  12. Local support for people with a learning disability

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    Good progress has been made by the Department of Health and NHS England in setting up a programme to close hospital beds for people with a learning disability, but the programme is not yet on track to achieve value for money. The report examines how the NHS in England and local authorities seek to improve the lives of the 129,000 people aged 18 to 64 who use local authority learning disability support services.

  13. Local public service reform

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    This document summarises the findings of our work and identifies sources of help that may be useful to local areas and government departments supporting local public service reform.

  15. Local government new burdens

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    The Department for Communities and Local Government has taken steps since November 2014 to improve its understanding of new burdens on local authorities.

  16. Local government funding: Assurance to Parliament

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    The Department has increased local authorities’ flexibility over their funding, but as a result has less information on how funds are being spent.

  17. Local government financial sustainability

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    Pressured public services and delays to reform the funding system are contributing to local authorities’ finances becoming unsustainable.

  18. Local government finance in the pandemic

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    This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.

  20. Local government and net zero in England

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    This new report responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to examine local government and net zero.