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  1. British Business Bank

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    This report examines whether the British Business Bank is improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises.

  2. Survival guide to challenging costs in major projects

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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.

  3. 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 […]

  4. Reducing modern slavery

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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.

  5. Improving the prison estate

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

  6. High Speed Two: A progress update

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

  7. Follow-up on alternative higher education providers

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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.

  8. 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.