Gift Aid and reliefs on donations
Published on: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.
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Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end
Published on:This report provides information on managing PFI contracts when they end and considers whether government is preparing for expiry appropriately.
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Exploiting the UK brand overseas
Published on: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.
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Fraud and Error Stocktake
Published on: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.
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Financial sustainability of colleges in England
Published on:This report focuses on the financial sustainability of further education and sixth-form colleges.
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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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Accommodation services for the Department for Work and Pensions: Transfer of property to the private sector
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the £1.2 billion expansion of the PRIME contract, that DWP had succeeded in getting the deal it had set out to achieve. The decision to proceed via a non-competitive negotiation with LST was the right one. DWP introduced competitive tension into […]
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Care Act first-phase reforms
Published on: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.
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Local government new burdens
Published on:The Department for Communities and Local Government has taken steps since November 2014 to improve its understanding of new burdens on local authorities.
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Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance: Support for exports
Published on:This report examines Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) progress and performance in supporting UK exports.
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Care Quality Commission
Published on: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.
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Investigation into financial support for students at alternative higher education providers
Published on:We focus on specific concerns about the financial support provided to students attending some alternative HE colleges and other providers.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Whole of Government Accounts 2012-13
Published on: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.
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Using alternatives to regulation to achieve policy objectives
Published on: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.
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The decommissioning of the AGR nuclear power stations
Published on:This report examines whether government’s arrangements for decommissioning AGR nuclear power stations will lead to better value for money.
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NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18
Published on:Our Annual Report sets out the NAO’s performance over 2017-18 and reflects on our achievements.
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The Digital Strategy for Defence: A review of early implementation
Published on:This report examines the MoD’s progress implementing digital transformation.
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Initial learning from the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
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Planting Trees in England
Published on:This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.
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Strategic financial management in the Ministry of Defence
Published on:The Ministry of Defence’s strategy for improving its financial management has put its finances on a sounder footing and is delivering results, but there are still considerable challenges ahead, including delivering the savings already removed from budget allocations.