Preventing fraud in contracted employment programmes
Reported fraud in Employment Programmes is low despite past flaws such as in the New Deal. New improvement controls are better, yet risks remain.
Published:
16 May 2012
16 May 2012
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Energy and environment
NAO briefing: The nuclear energy landscape in Great Britain
This briefing has been prepared for the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee, to inform their discussion of potential inquiries on nuclear energy. On 27 April 2012 the Committee launched an inquiry into Building New Nuclear: The Challenges Ahead.
Published:
27 Apr 2012
27 Apr 2012
Carbon capture and storage: lessons from the competition for the first UK demonstration
This competition was launched in 2007 with insufficient planning and recognition of the commercial risks and cancelled four years later. With commercial scale carbon capture and storage technology still to be developed, DECC must learn from the failure of this project.
Published:
16 Mar 2012
16 Mar 2012
NAO Briefing: Performance of Ofgem 2010-11
This briefing was prepared for the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee to support its evidence session on the work of Ofgem.
Published:
21 Feb 2012
21 Feb 2012
NAO briefing: The modelling used to set Feed-in Tariffs for solar photovoltaics
A briefing for the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee and the Energy and Climate Change Committee.
Published:
28 Nov 2011
28 Nov 2011
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Financial Management Report 2011
Despite the fact that the Defra has made improvements in its financial management, the NAO cannot yet conclude that the Department is achieving value for money in its financial management activity.
Published:
25 Nov 2011
25 Nov 2011
Flood Risk Management in England
Giving greater responsibility and discretion to local authorities to identify flood risk and target investment raises significant challenges, especially during a time of budget cuts and other newly devolved responsibilities. Greater value for money can be achieved through these reforms, but key elements of what is required are not yet in place.
Published:
28 Oct 2011
28 Oct 2011
Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2010-2011
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during 2010-2011.
Published:
4 Oct 2011
4 Oct 2011
Departmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for Energy and Climate Change 2010-2011
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Energy and Climate Change during 2010-2011.
Published:
3 Oct 2011
3 Oct 2011
Briefing for The Environmental Audit Committee on delivery of the target to reduce central government’s office carbon emissions
A briefing on delivery of the target to reduce central government’s office carbon emissions by 10 per cent in the 12 months since the 2010 General Election.
Published:
25 Jul 2011
25 Jul 2011