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  2. Survival guide to challenging costs in major projects

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This publication outlines some of the challenges in estimating and managing costs that we have observed in our work on major projects. It offers Accounting Officers and senior decision makers some ground rules and thoughts on factors to consider when challenging costs.

  4. Framework to review programmes

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    More recent version available We published an updated version of this framework in April 2021 Background Major programmes are expensive, high profile and carry great uncertainties and risks. It is not surprising that many fall short of their objectives, in terms of cost and/or outcomes. The NAO has completed about 140 reports on major projects […]

  5. Improving the prison estate

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the condition and capacity of HM Prison and Probation Service’s prison estate.

  6. Reducing modern slavery

    Report Value for money

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    Until the government is able to establish effective oversight of the modern slavery system as a whole, it will not be able to significantly reduce the prevalence of modern slavery or show that it is achieving value for money.

  7. High Speed Two: A progress update

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines whether DfT and HS2 Ltd have protected value for money so far in their stewardship of HS2.

  14. Follow-up on alternative higher education providers

    Report Value for money

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    The Department is exerting stronger oversight and sanctioning under-performing providers but there remain issues to resolve, such as more timely identification of underperformance and ineligible payments.

  15. Care Quality Commission regulating health and social care

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    Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.

  17. Progress with the Road Investment Strategy

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    The first Road Investment Strategy represents an important step forward towards better long-term planning of the strategic road network. However, the speed with which it was put together created risks to deliverability, affordability and value for money.

  18. Modernising the Great Western railway

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    The cost of modernising the Great Western railway is estimated to be £5.58 billion, an increase of £2.1 billion since 2013, and there are delays to the electrification of the route of at least 18 to 36 months. The Department for Transport and Network Rail have begun to improve the management of the programme but they have more to do to protect value for money in the future.