Universal Credit advances fraud
Published on:This report outlines the extent of Universal Credit advances fraud and the DWP’s actions to detect, recover and prevent it.
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Departments’ use of consultants to support preparations for EU Exit
Published on:This investigation examines the extent to which departments have used consultants in
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Achieving net zero
Published on:This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
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Investigation into the government’s land disposal strategy and programmes
Published on:This investigation outlines the government’s strategy and objectives for managing land disposals and the progress of several key disposal programmes.
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Investigation into the British Army’s Recruiting Partnering Project
Published on:We have reviewed the Army’s implementation of the Recruiting Partnering Project and its management of the contract with Capita.
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Confidentiality clauses and special severance payments
Published on:There is a lack of transparency, consistency and accountability in the use of compromise agreements in the public sector and little is being done to change this.
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Investigation into national security vetting
Published on:This investigation looks at the centralisation and performance of national security vetting services.
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Investigation into the BBC’s engagement with personal service companies
Published on:This investigation examines issues related to individuals the BBC hires as freelancers, particularly those hired through personal service companies.
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Investigation into penalty charge notices in healthcare
Published on:This investigation sets out facts about penalty charge notices and how the NHS supports vulnerable people to navigate the system.
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Investigation into government-funded inquiries
Published on:Given the prevalence of government-funded inquiries, the frequency with which the government uses them following high-profile failures, their importance in relation to the public’s trust of authorities, and the public funds spent on them, the NAO has conducted an investigation into the 26 inquiries that have started and concluded since 2005.
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Investigation into the management of health screening
Published on:Our investigation focuses on the delivery, performance, oversight and progress implementing change on four health screening programmes.
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Tax avoidance: tackling marketed avoidance schemes
Published on:HMRC is making some headway in reducing opportunities for tax avoidance, but over 100 new schemes have been disclosed in each of the last four years.
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Progress in making NHS efficiency savings
Published on:The NHS made a substantial amount of efficiency savings in 2011-12. These will need to be sustained and built on if savings targets are to be met.
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Managing the expansion of the academies programme
Published on:The rapid expansion of the programme has been a significant achievement, but the DfE was unprepared for the scale of the financial implications.
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HM Revenue & Customs: Customer service performance
Published on:Despite some welcome improvements, HMRC’s performance in answering calls from the public is poor value for money.
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Tackling the tax gap
Published on:This report examines the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach, in partnership with HM Treasury, in reducing the tax gap.
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Supporting disadvantaged families through free early education and childcare entitlements in England
Published on:This report examines whether the Department for Education is supporting disadvantaged families effectively through free early education and childcare entitlements.
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Severance and wider benefits for senior BBC managers
Published on:Savings the BBC has made from senior manager redundancies exceed the cost of severance payments but it has too often breached its policies on severance payments for senior managers.
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Private Finance Recommendations Database
Published on:Reports produced by the House of Commons’ Committee of Public Accounts (the PAC) following hearings based on our PFI and PPP investigations include nearly 1000 recommendations.
We have collected these recommendations and the related Treasury responses into a PFI and PPP/Privatisation Recommendations database last updated: 19/06/2009.
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Preventing fraud in contracted employment programmes
Published on:Reported fraud in Employment Programmes is low despite past flaws such as in the New Deal. New improvement controls are better, yet risks remain.