The adult social care market in England
Published on:This report examines the current care market and the Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing it.
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The production and distribution of cash
Published on:This report examines the role played by the public bodies involved in operating and overseeing the cash system.
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Improving Corporate Functions Using Shared Services
Published on:Shared service centres in the NHS and HM Prison Service are on course to deliver substantial financial savings. But a report out today by the National Audit Office found that central government was initially slow to adopt shared services. While the momentum has picked up it is not clear that the shared services initiative is […]
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Guide for Audit and Risk Committees on Financial Reporting and Management during COVID-19
Published on:This guide helps audit and risk committee members to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on their organisations.
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The BBC’s strategic financial management
Published on:This report assesses how the BBC has positioned itself to respond to financial and strategic challenges and opportunities.
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The procurement of goods and services by HM Prison Service
Published on:The Prison Service has made significant progress in the way it manages its buying of goods and services such as food, clothing and utilities, the National Audit Office has today reported. In 2003 the National Audit Office found that the Prison Service’s procurement function was “fragmented and costly to deliver”. Since this report, the Prison […]
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Shared services in the Department for Transport and its agencies
Published on:Plans to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of services such as human resources, payroll and finance could cost the Department for Transport £81 million (by March 2015) rather than saving £57 million as originally expected. There will need to be substantial improvements in the shared service centre’s productivity if the Department’s original targets are to […]
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The Equipment Plan 2019 to 2029
Published on:This study assesses the financial assumptions underlying the Ministry of Defence’s 10-year Equipment Plan.
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The Equipment Plan 2020-2030
Published on:This report reviews the robustness of assumptions underpinning the Ministry of Defence’s 2020–2030 Equipment Plan.
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Making changes in Operational PFI Projects
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Ministry of Defence: Chinook Mk3 Helicopters
Published on:The NAO has today reported on whether the Ministry of Defence has taken appropriate steps to make its fleet of eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters operational. The helicopters were delivered in 2001 but airworthiness concerns mean that they have been kept in storage and not flown operationally. According to today’s report to Parliament, the MoD’s progress […]
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The privatisation of QinetiQ
Published on:The Ministry of Defence’s privatisation of the defence technology business QinetiQ safeguarded the viability of a business of national strategic importance and generated significant proceeds for the taxpayer. However, the NAO believes the taxpayer could have received more money from the deal. Risks remain which the MoD must manage carefully if long term value for […]
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Tackling the tax gap
Published on:This report examines the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach, in partnership with HM Treasury, in reducing the tax gap.
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Asylum accommodation and support
Published on:This report examines the government’s replacement of the COMPASS contracts for accommodation and support for asylum seekers.
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Memorandum on Managing government suppliers
Published on:The NAO challenges government and its private sector contractors to work together more effectively in taxpayers’ interest and address the issues behind the current crisis of confidence in contracting out public services.
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Investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This investigation sets out the facts relating to government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic up to 31 July 2020.
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Local government finance in the pandemic
Published on:This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
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The National Offender Management Information System
Published on:An initiative, begun in 2004, by the National Offender Management Service to build a single offender management IT system for the prison and probation services has not delivered value for money. A National Audit Office investigation found the project had been hampered by poor management leading to a three-year delay, a doubling in project costs […]
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NHS Pay Modernisation: New contracts for general practice services in England
Published on:The new contract for general practice has contributed to improved recruitment and retention of GPs, with numbers increasing from 26,833 to 30,931 since 2003. However, according to a report out today by the National Audit Office, the contract has cost the Department £1.76 billion more than it originally budgeted for. Today’s report found that, in […]
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Dr Foster Intelligence: A joint venture between the Information Centre and Dr Foster LLP
Published on:The Department of Health and the Information Centre could not demonstrate to the National Audit Office’s satisfaction that they had achieved value for money in establishing Dr Foster Intelligence, a joint venture between the Information Centre and a private sector company Dr Foster LLP. This is primarily because they did not go out to tender […]