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  2. Increasing Employment Rates for Ethnic Minorities

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    The NAO has reported today that, despite some progress, there is still a significant gap between the employment rate for the ethnic minority population and that for the general population which could take thirty years to eliminate. The Department for Work and Pensions’ strategy to tackle this has had some success, but in the NAO’s […]

  3. Department for Work and Pensions Resource Accounts 2005-2006

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    Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn has today reported to Parliament that he is qualifying his opinion on the accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions. This is because of substantial levels of estimated losses from fraud and error in benefit payments and material uncertainties about the level of debt resulting […]

  4. Progress in tackling pensioner poverty: encouraging take up of entitlements

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    The Pension Service has made real and substantial progress since 2002 in helping pensioners to secure their entitlements using new and well thought through approaches, but will need to build on this work to improve take-up still further. A report today by the National Audit Office highlights the need to develop local work to reach […]

  5. Leaving the services

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    The Ministry of Defence offers a good range of resettlement support for those leaving the Armed Forces, and most people adapt back into civilian life easily and comfortably. There are a minority of people who have a more difficult time finding employment, housing or making the social transition. A National Audit Office survey of those […]

  6. Sustainable employment: supporting people to stay in work and advance

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    Government-led initiatives to help unemployed people find work are having a real impact. Programmes such as the New Deal have helped reduce the number of people on benefit, and the average length of claims. However, too many people still do not stay in work once they have found it and more now needs to be […]

  9. Housing in England overview

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    Housing is one of the government’s key priorities. Explore the changes in the housing market in England and build a richer understanding of what they mean for different parts of the country.

  11. Universal Credit advances fraud

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    This report outlines the extent of Universal Credit advances fraud and the DWP’s actions to detect, recover and prevent it.

  14. Managing Attendance in the Department for Work and Pensions

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    The Department for Work and Pensions, the largest employer in central government, like other organisations loses a significant amount of staff time to sickness absence. The Department has introduced good attendance management procedures, but, according to today’s report by the National Audit Office, it could do more to ensure that these procedures are adopted by […]

  15. Department for Work and Pensions Resource Accounts 2004-2005

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    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made progress in improving the design of some leaflets but could go further to make them easier for the public to understand and get hold of, according to a National Audit Office report published today. The report also found that the DWP could improve how it checks […]

  17. Efficiency savings require learning past lessons

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    The head of the National Audit Office will today (Thursday 8 December) outline lessons from its reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament. Gareth Davies, Comptroller & Auditor General, will also offer guidance for decision-makers seeking public spending efficiencies against a tough economic backdrop. Davies was […]

  18. School funding in England

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    This report examines the Department for Education’s funding provision and distribution of funding for mainstream schools in England.

  19. Supporting disabled people to work

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    This report is about the Department for Work & Pensions’ support to help disabled people overcome barriers to work.

  20. Serious Fraud Office 2011-12 accounts

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    The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 accounts of the Serious Fraud Office in respect of the voluntary redundancy costs for the former Chief Executive Officer.