Cost of settling clinical negligence claims has more than tripled in last two decades
Published on:Our report sets out how liabilities for clinical negligence have changed over time, and what is behind those changes.
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Improving operational capability is crucial to meet rising demand with stretched resources
Published on:The National Audit Office outlines the critical importance of smarter operational delivery to improve the way public services are delivered.
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Government encouraged to tackle barriers to realising the benefits of AI
Published on:AI presents the government with opportunities to transform public services potentially delivering billions of pounds in productivity savings.
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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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Carbon Capture and Storage: the second competition for government support
Published on:The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has not achieved value for money for its £100 million spend on the second competition for government financial support for carbon capture storage.
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The Regional Growth Fund
Published on:The £1.4 billion funding could result in 41,000 extra full-time equivalent private sector jobs but thousands more could have been created from the same resources.
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‘Cultural shift’ at spending review can make public money work harder
Published on:A new National Audit Office report comprises eight lessons to help ministers and senior officials as they plan the 2025 Spending Review.
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Cabinet office must improve customer experience in civil service pension scheme
Published on:Cabinet Office’s contract with MyCSP has not always effectively addressed when performance has fallen below agreed customer service levels.
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Evaluating the government balance sheet: financial assets and investments
Published on:We have published a series of reports which explore some of the major risks to public finances highlighted in the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA).
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Ensuring employers comply with National Minimum Wage regulations
Published on:It is important that the Government ensures its compliance programme reflects the changing risks within the labour market, and maintains its progress in ensuring all employers pay the minimum wage.
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Delivering STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills for the economy
Published on:Government efforts to improve the quality and take-up of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills have yielded some positive results but there remains an urgent need for departments to set out a shared view of what they are trying to achieve and a co-ordinated plan for achieving it.
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Progress on the government estate strategy
Published on:Departments have continued to reduce their estates and government is now getting better value for money. The Government Property Unit, however, has not yet made much progress towards its more challenging objective of creating an integrated estate.
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Local Enterprise Partnerships: census findings
Published on:This publication presents the results of our census of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). The census was conducted as part of our report Local Enterprise Partnerships, published in March 2016.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Whole of Government Accounts 2009-10
Published on:The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are the very first audited set of accounts showing in one place the financial position of the whole public sector. However, the NAO considers that the picture is incomplete.
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Cross-government funding of research and development
Published on:Government investment in science requires strategic vision and clear information so that it can ensure the UK is investing in the right areas. Our report is accompanied by an Evaluative Framework to guide effective cross-government coordination.
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Evaluating the government balance sheet: pensions
Published on:We have published a series of reports which explore some of the major risks to public finances highlighted in the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA).
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Future rollout of new early years entitlements faces challenges
Published on:Government set an ambitious timetable to expand free childcare; consequently, it’s facing uncertainty on feasibility, costs, and benefits.
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Compliance Guide for entities which prepare financial statements in accordance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS)
Published on:Disclosure guides are designed to ensure that audited bodies have prepared an account in the appropriate form and have complied with all disclosure requirements.
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HM Treasury Resource Accounts 2011-2012
Published on:The National Audit Office has today given an update on the financial support provided by the Treasury to the UK banking sector – how much support has been provided, how much is still outstanding and how much it is costing the taxpayer.
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Tackling fraud and corruption against government
Published on:Most public bodies do not know how much fraud they face and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter fraud resources, according to the National Audit Office.