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  1. Child Maintenance

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    This report looks at whether the government is achieving value for money in its management of child maintenance.

  2. The BBC’s implementation of Across the UK

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    The BBC has made progress transferring commissioning, production and journalism outside London, according to a new National Audit Office report.

  3. Department for Work and Pensions: Management of benefit overpayment debt

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    Today the National Audit Office has reported that the Department for Work and Pensions increased recoveries of benefit overpayments from £180 million in 2005-06 to £272 million in 2007-08, and preliminary results suggest that the Department has achieved its recovery target of £279 million for 2008-09. But recoveries are not keeping pace with the rate […]

  5. Over-optimism in government projects

    Insight Lessons learned

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    Optimism bias in public sector projects is not a new phenomenon. But it is one that persists, frequently undermining projects’ value for money as time and cost are under estimated and benefits over estimated. This report uses our back catalogue to illustrate the consequences of over optimism. In doing so, we have identified some contributory factors – such as project complexity and an organisation’s culture of challenge.

  6. Means Testing

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    It will be difficult for government departments to achieve value for money from means-tested benefits unless government understands the impacts of means testing, learns from past experience and improves coordination between different benefits.

  10. Progress with preparations for High Speed 2

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    HS2 is a large, complex and ambitious programme which is facing cost and time pressures. The unrealistic timetable set for HS2 Ltd by the Department means they are not as ready to deliver as they hoped to be at this point.

  11. Mobile technology in policing

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    A programme to equip frontline police officers with mobile devices, such as BlackBerrys and personal data assistants, has achieved a basic level of benefits. However, as the benefits for most forces do not extend beyond this basic level, then value for money has not yet been achieved from the £80 million of expenditure.

  12. Exiting the EU: Consumer protection, competition and state aid

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    This report examines the progress made by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Competition and Markets Authority, and National Trading Standards in building the UK’s legal framework and capacity and capability in consumer protection, competition and state aid.

  13. Handling of the Windrush situation

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    This study examines how the Home Office handled the impact of its immigration policies on the Windrush generation.

  14. Buckingham Palace Reservicing on track

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    A programme to update Buckingham Palace costing £369 million has been well-managed to date and demonstrates good practice in numerous areas.

  15. The BBC’s understanding of its audiences and users

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    The report examines whether to inform decisions across the BBC, the Corporation efficiently, effectively and economically understands how people use and respond to the full range of its services.

  20. Update on the rollout of smart meters

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    A National Audit Office (NAO) report updating on government’s ambition to rollout smart meters across Great Britain