Evaluating innovation in children’s social care
Published on:This report examines the Department for Education’s evaluation of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme.
This report examines the Department for Education’s evaluation of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme.
Over 10 million people who used public services (about 1 in 5) in the UK last year faced problems with the services. Detriment can and does occur. But users find the complaints and redress systems confusing.
This report examines the causes of persistent delays and cost increases that have affected the Ministry of Defence’s equipment contracts.
Last updated – 14 December 2016 Introduction The Citizens Advice Consumer Service (formerly known as Consumer Direct) is a national telephone helpline for people that need assistance with consumer problems or want to record a complaint. The service is provided to consumers in Great Britain by Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland. In 2015-16 the […]
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the frameworks that the Department for Education and Skills and the Learning and Skills Council have developed and put in place to plan and monitor the further education sector are likely to support systematic planning and provide reasonable assurance. As the frameworks develop, […]
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.
This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
The GREAT campaign enables government organisations to adopt consistent and effective brand management. To date, Cabinet Office has reported a return of £1.2 billion on its £113.5 million GREAT campaign investment. This is based on anticipated as well as actual expenditure by business, tourists and students.
HMRC and the Treasury do not know if incentives designed to increase charitable giving, at a cost to the taxpayer of £940 million in 2012-13, have resulted in more income for charities.
The government continues to lose large amounts of money through fraud and error overpayments and many vulnerable people get less support than they are entitled to.
This report provides information on managing PFI contracts when they end and considers whether government is preparing for expiry appropriately.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
This report focuses on the financial sustainability of further education and sixth-form colleges.
The first phase of the Care Act has been implemented well, but this places new responsibilities on local authorities whose core funding is being significantly reduced.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has taken steps since November 2014 to improve its understanding of new burdens on local authorities.
The CQC, the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, has made substantial progress but needs to recruit and train staff and build a new organisational culture.
This report examines Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) progress and performance in supporting UK exports.
We welcome the Treasury’s continuing commitment to improving the timeliness and content of the WGA.This will enable the Treasury to manage public finances better.
We focus on specific concerns about the financial support provided to students attending some alternative HE colleges and other providers.
There are some good examples across government of alternatives to regulation being used to achieve policy objectives. However more needs to done to share these examples to highlight when alternatives are most likely to work and how they should be designed.