Four critical requirements needed for a fair, efficient asylum system
Published on:We’ve mapped the asylum system to show where delays occur, and set out four requirements for an effective system.
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Government’s 6,500-teacher pledge faces uncertainties as student numbers surge
Published on:NAO assesses if DfE is achieving value for money through its work to recruit and retain teachers for secondary schools and further education
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Government’s management of legal aid
Published on:The Ministry of Justice does not know whether everyone eligible for legal aid can access it and government needs to do more to ensure the sustainability of the legal aid market if it is to achieve value for money.
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Supporting investment into the UK
Published on:This report examines the Department for International Trade’s strategy for supporting investment into the UK.
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Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2020-21
Published on:The C&AG of the NAO, Gareth Davies, has qualified his opinion on the regularity of DWP’s 2020-21 financial statements.
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The administration of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax 2016-17
Published on:Maintaining accurate address records of the 2.6 million Scottish taxpayers remains the biggest risk facing HM Revenue & Customs in ensuring that Scottish income tax is assessed and collected properly.
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Protecting consumers from scams, unfair trading and unsafe goods
Published on:The report examines the system protecting consumers from scams, unfair trading, and unsafe goods. BEIS has made progress since our 2011 review, but needs to do more, particularly in the context of the growth of e-commerce.
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Department For Work and Pensions: Progress in tackling benefit fraud
Published on:The Department for Work and Pensions has made good progress in tackling benefit fraud, which is estimated to have fallen from an estimated £2 billion in 2000-01 to £800 million in 2006-07, a substantial achievement by its staff, although definitional changes have helped. Tackling benefit fraud is inherently difficult as it is in the nature […]
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The completion and sale of High Speed 1
Published on:The HS1 project has delivered a high performing line, which was subsequently sold in a well-managed way. But international passenger numbers are falling far short of forecasts and the project costs exceed the value of journey time saving benefits.
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NAO Guide: Initiating successful projects
Published on:In this guide we highlight National Audit Office reports which illustrate the different approaches departments take to initiating projects. We show how they develop a realistic understanding of the risks, benefits and deliverability of projects.
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Voluntary, community and social enterprises
Published on:Explore examples where local public bodies have tried to make it easier for voluntary, community and social enterprises to bid for contracts.
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Digital Britain One: Shared infrastructure and services for government online
Published on:The Government has not in general measured the benefits delivered by its two central internet services Directgov and Business.gov, and the infrastructure service Government Gateway, which together cost some £90 million a year.
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Changes to Skilled Worker visas need whole government collaboration
Published on:Ahead of the government’s Immigration White Paper, the NAO has examined the Home Office’s management of the Skilled Worker visa route.
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Managing government borrowing
Published on:The environment for government borrowing has become more challenging in recent years, a new National Audit Office (NAO) report finds. The independent public spending watchdog’s report Managing government borrowing examines how public bodies are pursuing the government’s debt management objectives, and how they manage the risks of borrowing1. The report found that government’s borrowing needs […]
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The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme
Published on:This study examines whether the government and Network Rail are in a position to deliver the Transpennine Route Upgrade successfully.
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Investigation into the free school meals voucher scheme
Published on:This investigation sets out how the Department for Education set up and implemented the free school meals voucher scheme.
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Market Analytic Toolkit: for assessing public service markets
Published on:This toolkit is designed to guide those overseeing public service markets or assessing the effectiveness of these markets in terms of value for money and user outcomes. It helps government address a set of new challenges around its use of markets to deliver public services, including oversight, consumer protection, regulation and helping to achieve effective competition and innovative delivery.
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The expansion of online filing of tax returns
Published on:The programme to increase online filing of tax returns has made significant progress, but HMRC needs a better understanding of the benefits and costs to customers and how its online filing costs compare to those for paper returns.
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Homelessness
Published on:Homelessness has increased across all measures since 2010, with many local authorities now seeing it as a risk to their financial sustainability.
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Innovation key to realising “immense opportunities” for productivity and resilience gains in public services, NAO head to say in annual speech
Published on:The head of the NAO’s annual speech will focus on the challenges of rising demand for public services and stretched resources.