BIS’s capital investment in science projects
Published on:The Department for Business, Skills and Innovation has not used good quality information to decide which science capital projects to invest in to optimise scientific and economic benefits.
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Government’s spending with small and medium-sized enterprises
Published on:If the government is serious about increasing its use of small and medium – sized enterprises (SMEs), it will need to focus on those areas where SMEs can deliver real benefits.
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Government’s spending with small and medium-sized enterprises
Published on:If the government is serious about increasing its use of small and medium – sized enterprises (SMEs), it will need to focus on those areas where SMEs can deliver real benefits.
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The UK competition regime
Published on:The newly-created Competition and Markets Authority has made significant progress in improving how the UK’s competition regime works, and it is now more coherent than before. Business awareness of competition law, however, is low and while it has improved the robustness of its enforcement casework, the regime has so far not produced a substantial flow of enforcement decisions or fines.
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The UK competition regime
Published on:The newly-created Competition and Markets Authority has made significant progress in improving how the UK’s competition regime works, and it is now more coherent than before. Business awareness of competition law, however, is low and while it has improved the robustness of its enforcement casework, the regime has so far not produced a substantial flow of enforcement decisions or fines.
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2014-15 Accounts of the Office of Legal Complaints
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has today qualified his opinion on the 2014-15 Accounts of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) on the grounds of regularity.
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2014-15 Accounts of the Office of Legal Complaints
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has today qualified his opinion on the 2014-15 Accounts of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) on the grounds of regularity.
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Responding to crises
Published on:The Department for International Development’s spending on humanitarian interventions has almost trebled between 2010-11 and 2014-15 to more than £1 billion per year, rising as a share of its total budget from 6% to 14%.
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Responding to crises
Published on:The Department for International Development’s spending on humanitarian interventions has almost trebled between 2010-11 and 2014-15 to more than £1 billion per year, rising as a share of its total budget from 6% to 14%.
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Local welfare provision
Published on: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.
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Local welfare provision
Published on: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.
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Contracted-out health and disability assessments
Published on:The Department for Work and Pensions has not yet achieved value for money in managing contracted-out health and disability assessments.
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Contracted-out health and disability assessments
Published on:The Department for Work and Pensions has not yet achieved value for money in managing contracted-out health and disability assessments.
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Delivering major projects in government: a briefing for the Committee of Public Accounts
Published on:A third of major government projects due to deliver in the next five years are rated as in doubt or unachievable unless action is taken to improve delivery. Greater transparency on project performance is required.
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Delivering major projects in government: a briefing for the Committee of Public Accounts
Published on:A third of major government projects due to deliver in the next five years are rated as in doubt or unachievable unless action is taken to improve delivery. Greater transparency on project performance is required.
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Tackling tax fraud: how HMRC responds to tax evasion, the hidden economy and criminal attacks
Published on:HMRC has met its targets to raise more tax revenue in the short-term; however, an estimated £16 billion is lost to tax fraud each year. HMRC needs to improve the way it uses data and analysis to understand the effect of its actions to tackle fraud.
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Early review of the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme
Published on:Defra, the Rural Payments Agency and Government Digital Service have not worked together effectively to deliver the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme.
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Confirmed impacts: Helping the Parliament of Morocco create a Committee for Public Accounts
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our international work can encourage and help other countries create strong systems of public assurance.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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Confirmed impacts: Malaysian peer review highly praised
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our international work can help improve the independence and financial audit standards of other countries’ audit offices.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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Confirmed impacts: New UN resolution achieved with NAO support
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our work helped give Supreme Audit Institutions a clear role in reporting on progress towards the international development goals.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.