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Oversight of three PFI waste projects

All three projects examined by the NAO have experienced significant delays stemming from a range of problems.

Sector(s): Energy and environment

Performance Improvement area(s): Infrastructure finance

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
17 Jun 2014

Early contracts for renewable electricity

The Government awarded, without competition, £16.6 billion worth of early contracts to eight renewable generation projects at risk of investment delay.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Regulation, consumers and competition

Performance Improvement area(s): Infrastructure finance, Managing major projects, User choice and consumer protection

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
27 Jun 2014

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency Accounts 2013-14

Defra’s 2013-14 accounts have not been qualified but the C&AG warns of the likelihood of the European Commission’s imposing significant financial penalties on the department in future.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Food and farming

Published:
10 Jul 2014

Strategic flood risk management

The Environment Agency has improved the cost effectiveness and prioritization of its flood risk spending but current spending is insufficient to meet many flood defence maintenance needs.

Sector(s): Energy and environment

Performance Improvement area(s): Environmental sustainability, Managing assets and liabilities

Department(s): Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Published:
5 Nov 2014

Departmental Overview: The performance of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during 2013-14.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Food and farming, Parliament

Department(s): Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Published:
20 Nov 2014

Departmental Overview: The performance of the Department of Energy & Climate Change 2013-14

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 of Energy & Climate Change 2013-14.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Parliament

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
10 Dec 2014

Progress on the Sellafield site: an update

The NAO has today published an update for the Public Accounts Committee, detailing developments in the management of the Sellafield site, the UK’s largest and most hazardous nuclear site, and the extent to which progress has been made in decommissioning and cleaning it up.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Parliament

Performance Improvement area(s): Commissioning, Managing assets and liabilities, Managing major projects

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
4 Mar 2015

Managing disallowance risk

Since 2005, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has incurred a total of £642 million in financial penalties relating to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in England.

Sector(s): Energy and environment

Performance Improvement area(s): European Union

Department(s): Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Published:
13 Jul 2015

A Short Guide to the Department of Energy & Climate Change

The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Parliament

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
30 Jul 2015

A Short Guide to Environmental protection and sustainable development

The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides relating to each government department and some cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Parliament

Performance Improvement area(s): Environmental sustainability

Department(s): Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Published:
4 Sep 2015

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