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

    Report Value for money

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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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Hinkley Point C

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    The Department has committed electricity consumers and taxpayers to a high cost and risky deal in a changing energy marketplace. We cannot say the Department has maximised the chances that it will achieve value for money.

  8. 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.

  10. Progress on the government estate strategy

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    Departments have continued to reduce their estates and government is now getting better value for money. The Government Property Unit, however, has not yet made much progress towards its more challenging objective of creating an integrated estate.

  11. Converting maintained schools to academies

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    This report focuses on the arrangements for converting schools to academies. We assess the Department for Education’s approach and the extent of conversion; the robustness, cost and speed of the conversion process; and the availability of sponsors and multi-academy trusts to support schools to convert to academies.

  12. 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

  13. Rail reform: the rail transformation programme

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    The reforms set out in government’s rail transformation plans are facing delays, and there remain long-standing issues with the rail sector that need to be addressed, such as its financial sustainability and service to passengers.

  14. Managing conflicts of interest and keeping public trust

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    High profile incidents remind individuals and organisations just how important it is to manage potential conflicts of interest. In March 2017, the Court of the Bank of England commissioned a review of the institution’s approach to managing conflicts of interest. The review was prompted by the resignation of Charlotte Hogg who had been Deputy Governor […]

  17. Employment support: The Kickstart Scheme

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    This report examines how well DWP’s Kickstart scheme was implemented, and whether it is having the intended positive impact.

  18. Department For Work and Pensions: Progress in tackling benefit fraud

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    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 […]

  19. Employment support

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    This briefing presents information on how DWP supports people into work, and the challenges it may face in delivering support.

  20. Active travel in England

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    Our report assesses the government’s progress delivering its ambition to increase rates of walking, wheeling and cycling.