Managing disallowance risk
Published on:Since 2005, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has incurred a total of £642 million in financial penalties relating to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in England.
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Progress on the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme
Published on:This an update on earlier reports by the NAO and Committee of Public Accounts on the progress of the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme. It focuses primarily on the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme payments to English farmers and landowners and improvements to the process for the 2016 and future years.
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Carbon Capture and Storage: the second competition for government support
Published on:The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has not achieved value for money for its £100 million spend on the second competition for government financial support for carbon capture storage.
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Review of the Thames Tideway Tunnel
Published on:This report examines the evidence base supporting the decision to proceed with the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a tunnel running 25 kilometres from Acton to Abbey Mills, as well as progress achieved to date.
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Electricity Balancing Services
Published on:Electricity cannot be stored economically in large quantities, and electricity supply and demand throughout the UK must therefore be balanced on a second by second basis. As System Operator, National Grid is responsible for doing this, and it uses a variety of mechanisms which are collectively known as Balancing Services.
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Sustainability reporting in central government: An update
Published on:This briefing, prepared for the Environmental Audit Committee, provides an update on the quality of sustainability reporting by central government departments. It includes a review of current and planned requirements.
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Understanding storm overflows: Exploratory analysis of Environment Agency data
Published on:Insights we have drawn from exploratory analysis of data used by the Environment Agency as part of its regulation of storm overflows.
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Departmental Overview: The performance of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 2013-14
Published on:This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during 2013-14.
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Hinkley Point C
Published on: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.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency Accounts 2013-14
Published on:Defra’s 2013-14 accounts have not been qualified but the C&AG warns of the likelihood of the European Commission’s imposing significant financial penalties on the department in future.
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Update on preparations for Smart Metering
Published on:The economic case for the smart metering programme remains positive but there are significant risks and challenges to successful implementation, which must be managed.
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Departmental Overview: The performance of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 2012-13
Published on:This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority during 2012-2013.
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Departmental Overview: The performance of the Department of Energy & Climate Change 2012-13
Published on:This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department of Energy & Climate Change 2012-13.
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The Levy Control Framework
Published on:The Levy Control Framework is a valuable tool for supporting control of costs to consumers arising from government energy policies, but it has not been fully effective in key areas.
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Strategic flood risk management
Published on:The Environment Agency has improved the cost effectiveness and prioritization of its flood risk spending but current spending is insufficient to meet many flood defence maintenance needs.
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2012-13 review of the data systems for the Department of Energy and Climate Change
Published on:Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013. -
NHS financial management and sustainability 2015
Published on:This briefing on the NHS and sustainability in England has been prepared for the Environmental Audit Committee. It focuses on identifying potential good practice, opportunities and challenges and draws on the NAO’s good practice criteria.
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Departmental Sustainability Overview: Home Office
Published on:This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to review sustainability at the Home Office. It follows a similar format to our report on sustainability at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and thus covers all aspects of the Department’s activities: governance, policy, operations and procurement.
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 2012-13: an explanatory report by the C&AG
Published on:This report highlights the key financial results that the C&AG judges to be important to the interpretation of the audited financial statements with respect to the underlying activities and timescales involved.
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Progress on the Sellafield site: an update
Published on:The NAO has today published an update for the Public Accounts Committee, detailing developments in the management of the Sellafield site, the UK’s largest and most hazardous nuclear site, and the extent to which progress has been made in decommissioning and cleaning it up.