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Children in care

The Department for Education is not meeting its objectives to improve the quality of care and the stability of placements for children in care.

Sector(s): Children and families, Education and skills

Performance Improvement area(s): Accountability in local service delivery, Commissioning

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
27 Nov 2014

Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014

Local authorities have worked hard to manage reductions in government funding, but the DCLG needs to be better informed about the situation across England.

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Cost reduction and affordability, Economic growth, Financial and service sustainability, Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
19 Nov 2014

The Impact of Funding Reductions on Local Authorities

Local authorities have worked hard to manage reductions in government funding, but the DCLG needs to be better informed about the situation across England.

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Cost reduction and affordability, Economic growth, Financial and service sustainability, Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
19 Nov 2014

Departmental Overview: The performance of the Department for Communities and Local Government 2013-14

This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Communities and Local Government during 2013-14.

Sector(s): Local services, Parliament

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
22 Oct 2014

The Help to Buy equity loan scheme

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

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery, User choice and consumer protection

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
6 Mar 2014

Progress report on the Regional Growth Fund

Improvements have been made to the running of the Regional Growth Fund, but there is still a significant amount of public money to allocate through the Fund.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise, Education and skills, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Economic growth, Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
25 Feb 2014

COMPASS contracts for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers

G4S and Serco, two of the new providers awarded Home Office contracts to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in the UK, struggled to get the contracts up and running.

Sector(s): Borders and immigration, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Contract lifecycle

Department(s): Home Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
10 Jan 2014

Deciding prices in public services markets: principles for value for money

The National Audit Office outlines eight principles that the government needs to consider if it is to achieve value for money when deciding prices in markets for public services.

Sector(s): Regulation, consumers and competition

Performance Improvement area(s): User choice and consumer protection

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
23 Dec 2013