Lessons from cancelling the InterCity West Coast franchise competition
Published on:The competition to let this franchise lacked oversight. The full cost to the taxpayer is unknown, but likely to be significant.
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Ministry of Defence: Equipment plan 2012-2022
Published on:The NAO has reported on the 2012-22 Equipment Plan of the Ministry of Defence.
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BBC Group Accounts 2024-25
Published on:The C&AG has issued a clean audit opinion, providing assurance to Parliament on BBC Group’s 2024-25 financial statements.
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The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an update on the delivery of detailed care records systems
Published on:The rate at which electronic care records systems are being put in place across the NHS under the National Programme for IT is falling far below expectations and the core aim that every patient should have an electronic care record under the Programme will not now be achieved.
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Intelligent Monitoring – An element of: Financial Relationships with Third Sector Organisations
Published on:“Intelligent Monitoring” is the term we use for putting into practice the principles of good monitoring and for avoiding the pitfalls of poor practice in monitoring.
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Government Commercial and Contracting: an overview of the NAO’s work
Published on:This overview of the NAO’s work on the government’s management of contracting examines subjects including the government’s commercial capability, accountability and transparency, and its management of contracted-out service delivery.
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Investigation into the British Steel pension scheme
Published on:This investigation examines the British Steel Pension Scheme.
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Financial relationships with third sector organisations: A Decision Support Tool
Published on:The Decision Support Tool for public bodies in England provides practical support to officials who are involved in making, or advising on, ‘real-life’ decisions about the design of appropriate funding relationships with third sector organisations. It takes into account such issues as programme objectives, funding channels, duration of award, full cost recovery, EU state aid […]
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Capability in the Civil Service
Published on:Government has gaps in its capability and must do more to develop the skills needed. It is making plans, but the scale of the challenge means greater urgency is needed.
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Building the capacity of the Third Sector
Published on:A National Audit Office report has concluded that two programmes aimed at building capacity in the third sector have had a positive impact on frontline third sector organisations but have not yet demonstrated value for money. Both have suffered from administrative weaknesses and a lack of initial targets against which the effectiveness of the programmes […]
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Intelligent Monitoring: guidance to help cut red tape for charitable, voluntary and community organisations
Published on:Our Intelligent Monitoring guidance will help focus time and money on key services.
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The BBC’s management of three major estate projects
Published on:The BBC Trust has today published an independent report prepared by the National Audit Office (NAO) on the BBC’s management of three major estates projects. These were the refurbishment and redevelopment of Broadcasting House in London, the construction of Pacific Quay in Glasgow and the Corporation’s forthcoming move to Salford Quays.
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Review of the UK’s Competition Landscape
Published on:A National Audit Office review of the regime for overseeing markets and enforcing competition law in the UK has found that it is generally effective and well regarded by comparison with international equivalents. However, the NAO has found that the competition system as a whole must still address a number of challenges to function as […]
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Financial relationships with third sector organisations
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Commercial skills for complex government projects
Published on:The National Audit Office has warned that the value for money of 43 major government projects worth around £200 billion is at risk because of significant weaknesses in the Government’s commercial skills and expertise. But there is an even greater risk to many other complex projects where skills shortages are not being assessed systematically. The […]
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Highways Agency: Contracting for Highways Maintenance
Published on:Since the introduction of a new type of maintenance contract in 2001 by the Highways Agency there have been some improvements in the quality and delivery to budget of maintenance on England’s motorways and trunk roads. However, according to a report by the National Audit Office, costs have risen, with those for routine maintenance increasing […]
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NHS backlogs and waiting times in England
Published on:This report looks at backlogs and waiting times for elective and cancer care in the NHS in England.
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The decommissioning of the AGR nuclear power stations
Published on:This report examines whether government’s arrangements for decommissioning AGR nuclear power stations will lead to better value for money.
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The Procurement of Criminal Legal Aid in England and Wales by the Legal Services Commission
Published on:The National Audit Office has today reported to Parliament that there are risks to value for money from the way the Legal Services Commission (the LSC) administers and procures legal aid for criminal cases. In 2008-09, the Commission spent more than £1.1 billion on criminal legal aid – legal assistance for people suspected of or […]
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The Restart Scheme for long-term unemployed people
Published on:This report looks at the Restart scheme, DWP’s employment support response for people who are long-term unemployed.