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  1. Ministry of Defence Accounts 2012-13

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    Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), has qualified his audit opinion on the MOD’s 2012-13 accounts.

  2. Reforming defence acquisition

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    MOD has made good progress stabilising the equipment programme but needs to set out how a bespoke trading entity will transform Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) into the leading defence acquisition organisation by 2017.

  3. Confirmed impacts: NAO work helps the Ministry of Defence reduce excess stock

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    We estimate that the MOD made £253 million of savings on inventory purchases in 2012 as a result of our recommendations.

    This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.

  4. Royal Air Force Museum White Paper 2012-2013

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    Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has qualified his audit opinion on the 2012-13 Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum accounts in relation to the part of the Museum staff’s pay award for which it did not have ministerial approval.

  9. Update on the National Cyber Security Programme

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    Government continues to make good progress in implementing the Programme. It must, however increase the pace of change in some areas in the face of evolving cyber threats.

  10. Review of the data systems for the Ministry of Defence

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    Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Ministry of Defence’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.

  11. Military flying training

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    The new military flying training is 6 years delayed and there is much to do if the MoD is to get the planned benefits from its contractor.

  12. Managing the defence inventory

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    The MOD is buying more inventory than it uses and not consistently disposing of stock it no longer needs using money that could be spent elsewhere.

  13. Army 2020

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    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.

  14. Carrier Strike: Supplementary Report

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    The NAO has today issued a supplementary report on the Carrier Strike project, having been given access to briefing papers held by the National Security Secretariat in the Cabinet Office.

  16. Managing change in the Defence workforce

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    The Ministry of Defence, under pressure to make rapid financial savings, is significantly reducing the size of its workforce, by over 54,000 personnel. A report today by the National Audit Office has found that these reductions are happening in advance of the Department’s fully understanding how it will operate with significantly fewer staff.

  18. Carrier Strike

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    Changes to the aircraft carrier project in the 2010 defence review will save £3.4 billion but leave the UK without carrier capability for nine years.

  19. Ministry of Defence: The Major Projects Report 2011

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    Action taken by the Ministry of Defence to balance its overall budget in the short term following the Strategic Defence and Security Review has contributed to a near £500 million in-year cost increase in the 15 largest defence projects.