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1. Investigation into the UKTI specialist services contract with PA Consulting

   Press release

   10 Jun 2016

   This is an investigation into the contractual arrangements that UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) had in place since 2013-14 for the outsourcing of sector specialist services with PA Consulting. PA received £18.8million in the first year of a contract due to last three years. Following concerns about the way the contract had been priced UKTI terminated the contract in January 2016 and agreed a commercial settlement with PA in May 2016.

2. Mental health services: preparations for improving access

   Press release

   21 Apr 2016

   The Department of Health and NHS England are making progress but much remains to be done to improve access to mental health services.

3. Sellafield nuclear site not yet achieving value for money

   Press release

   23 Oct 2024

   Sellafield nuclear site is not yet achieving value for money due to concerns over project management, the pace of delivery and staffing.

4. Transforming Rehabilitation

   Press release

   28 Apr 2016

   Probation services have been restructured on time and within cost targets during a period of major change but operational problems and risks to further service transformation need to be resolved if re-offending levels are to reduce.

5. Investigation into the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

   Press release

   14 Jul 2016

   In December 2015 a five year contract, worth around £800 million between UnitingCare Partnership and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough clinical commissioning group collapsed after only 8 months because it ran into financial difficulties. NAO examined the design, procurement and operation of the contract and the events that led to its termination.

6. Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre

   Press release

   7 Jul 2016

   It is important that the services for vulnerable people at the Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre are delivered ‘right first time’ and this did not happen here. Steps are now being taken to address the problems but 35% of the recommendations from Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons’ 2015 inspection have not yet been implemented.

7. Progress with preparations for High Speed 2

   Press release

   28 Jun 2016

   HS2 is a large, complex and ambitious programme which is facing cost and time pressures. The unrealistic timetable set for HS2 Ltd by the Department means they are not as ready to deliver as they hoped to be at this point.

8. Government’s spending with small and medium-sized enterprises

   Press release

   9 Mar 2016

   If the government is serious about increasing its use of small and medium – sized enterprises (SMEs), it will need to focus on those areas where SMEs can deliver real benefits.

9. The commissioning of specialised services in the NHS

   Press release

   27 Apr 2016

   Against a backdrop of increasing pressure on NHS finances, NHS England has not controlled the rising cost of specialised services.

10. Contracted-out health and disability assessments

    Press release

    8 Jan 2016

    The Department for Work and Pensions has not yet achieved value for money in managing contracted-out health and disability assessments.

11. Upgrading emergency service communications: the Emergency Services Network

    Press release

    15 Sep 2016

    The Emergency Services Network is one of the most technologically advanced systems worldwide and is set to replace the existing emergency services communication system, Airwave. However several risks have been highlighted.

12. Assessing the value for money of OGCbuying.solutions

    Report Value for money

    14 Dec 2006

    OGCbuying.solutions, an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce providing procurement services to the public sector, achieved value for money savings of £412 million in 2005-06, up 71 per cent from 2003-04. But, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office, OGCbuying.solutions has the potential to increase its value for money […]

13. Managing the relationship to secure a successful partnership in PFI projects

    Report Value for money

    29 Nov 2001

    Most (81%) public bodies involved in PFI projects believe that they are achieving satisfactory or better value for money from their PFI contracts according to a National Audit Office report presented to Parliament today, based on the first ever major survey of central government PFI projects in progress. There was generally positive feedback from service […]