Assurance of reported savings at Sellafield
Published on:The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s systems for recording and challenging claimed savings at Sellafield give moderate assurance of reported overall savings since 2009-10.
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General Practice Extraction Service – Investigation
Published on:Mistakes in the original procurement and contract management of an IT system, designed to extract data from GP practices, contributed to losses of public funds, through asset write-offs and settlements with suppliers.
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Infrastructure investment: the impact on consumer bills
Published on:Large-scale infrastructure spending by the private sector over ten years or more will increase consumer utility bills but government and regulators do not know by how much or whether the bills will be affordable.
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E-borders and successor programmes
Published on:The Home Office spent at least £830 million between 2003 and 2015 on the e-borders programme and its successors, but has failed, so far, to deliver the full vision. We cannot, therefore view e-borders as having delivered value for money.
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The Privatisation of Royal Mail
Published on:The Department was successful in floating Royal Mail. But its approach was marked by deep caution, the price of which was borne by the taxpayer.
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Update on the Next Generation Shared Services Strategy
Published on:The Cabinet Office will have to work with other government departments to ensure that the full benefits of its shared services strategy are realised.
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Oversight of three PFI waste projects
Published on:All three projects examined by the NAO have experienced significant delays stemming from a range of problems.
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4G radio spectrum auction: lessons learned
Published on:In its sale of the 4G radio spectrum the Office of Communications (Ofcom) achieved its objective of maintaining a competitive market with a number of competing providers.
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Putting finance at the heart of decision-making
Published on:The Government Finance Profession’s Finance Leadership Group has published a paper with support from the National Audit Office.
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Funding healthcare: Making allocations to local areas
Published on:There is wide variation in the extent to which £79 billion in central funding allocated to local health bodies differs from target allocations that are based on relative need.
• This is NAO’s first report on funding since the 2013 health reforms took effect. Where possible comparisons have been made with funding under the previous system set out in a 2011 NAO report.
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Children in care
Published on:The Department for Education is not meeting its objectives to improve the quality of care and the stability of placements for children in care.
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The Impact of Funding Reductions on Local Authorities
Published on:Local authorities have worked hard to manage reductions in government funding, but the DCLG needs to be better informed about the situation across England.
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HM Treasury: Planning for economic infrastructure
Published on:The NAO has highlighted five risks to the value for money of some national infrastructure projects.
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Army 2020
Published on:The MOD decision to reduce the size of the regular Army and increase the number of trained Army reserves was taken without appropriate testing of feasibility or evaluation of risk.
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Thames Tideway Tunnel: early review of potential risks to value for money
Published on:The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a planned project to build a large sewer running under the River Thames. It is the Government’s preferred solution to the problem of spills from London’s sewers into the tidal part of the Thames. In response to correspondence, we explain the roles of the different parties, identify potential risks to value for money and set out what we expect good project management to look like. To avoid influencing the outcome of ongoing competitions for the construction and financing of the project, we do not evaluate the value for money of the project and the issues raised do not imply any audit judgement about its performance.
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Major Projects Report 2014 and the Equipment Plan 2014 to 2024
Published on:We publish our examination of the assumptions made by the MOD in its annual statement of its 10-year equipment plan.
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Outcome-based payment schemes: government’s use of payment by results
Published on:Payment by results (PbR) schemes are hard to get right, and are risky and costly for commissioners. Credible evidence for claimed benefits of PbR is now needed.
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The Work Programme
Published on:After a poor start, the performance of the Work Programme is at similar levels to previous programmes but is less than original forecast. The Department has struggled to improve outcomes for harder-to-help groups. The Programme has the potential to offer value for money if it can achieve the higher rates of performance the Department now expects.
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Maintaining strategic infrastructure: roads
Published on:The lack of predictability of funding for highways authorities has practical implications for road networks and may lead to increased costs in the long term.
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Council Tax Support
Published on:Not all local authorities’ Council Tax support scheme will achieve the objectives outlined by the Department of Communities and Local Government.