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  1. Military flying training

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    The new military flying training is 6 years delayed and there is much to do if the MoD is to get the planned benefits from its contractor.

  4. Transforming government’s contract management

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    We published two reports today – Following the discovery of widespread and deep-rooted weaknesses in the government’s management of contracts it is starting to improve how it manages its contracts.

  5. Regulating financial sustainability in higher education

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    The Higher Education Funding Council has taken a cost-efficient approach and has delivered value for money in the context in which it has operated to date. However, the sector is facing a period of transition to a very different financial environment.

  6. Ofcom: The effectiveness of converged regulation

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    Ofcom has saved some £23 million over the last five years. However, with its complex remit across the telecommunications sector, Ofcom needs a better articulation of the intended outcomes of its activities and how its work achieves those outcomes.

  7. Low carbon heating of homes and businesses and the Renewable Heat Incentive

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    The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is a scheme to encourage a switch from fossil fuel heating systems to renewable and low-carbon alternatives in homes and business premises in Great Britain. Our report assesses the value for money of the RHI for Great Britain.

  8. The Help to Buy equity loan scheme

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    The Help to Buy equity loan scheme is improving access to mortgage finance, but the scheme’s costs will be substantial.

  9. General Practice Extraction Service – Investigation

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    Mistakes in the original procurement and contract management of an IT system, designed to extract data from GP practices, contributed to losses of public funds, through asset write-offs and settlements with suppliers.

  10. Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme Data Visualisation

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    Last updated – 21 October 2019 Introduction to the topic The government introduced the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme to address a fall in property sales following the financial crash of 2008 and the consequent tightening of regulations by the regulatory authorities over the availability of high loan-to-value and high loan-to-income mortgages. The scheme has two […]

  12. E-borders and successor programmes

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    The Home Office spent at least £830 million between 2003 and 2015 on the e-borders programme and its successors, but has failed, so far, to deliver the full vision. We cannot, therefore view e-borders as having delivered value for money.

  15. 4G radio spectrum auction: lessons learned

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    In its sale of the 4G radio spectrum the Office of Communications (Ofcom) achieved its objective of maintaining a competitive market with a number of competing providers.

  16. Non-executive appointments

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    Government is taking longer than it should to appoint non-executive directors (NED) to public positions, and these delays can leave gaps on boards, creating risks to governance, and reducing the number of high-quality candidates.

  20. Overview of Ofgem 2011-12

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    This briefing on Ofgem, a non-ministerial government department, is similar to the briefings we are producing on the 15 major government departments. It is produced primarily as a briefing for the Environment and Climate Change Committee, and is based on Ofgem’s annual report and accounts and our own work relevant to Ofgem.