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  3. Securing strategic leadership for the learning and skills sector in England

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    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, […]

  4. Reforming defence acquisition

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    MOD has made good progress stabilising the equipment programme but needs to set out how a bespoke trading entity will transform Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) into the leading defence acquisition organisation by 2017.

  5. Delivering the defence estate

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    The MoD has developed a strategy that identifies the estate it needs and the 25% of its estate it can dispose of by 2040. However, the strategy and current funding levels allow only for a partial reversal of the decline in the condition of the remaining estate. There is a significant risk that the poor condition of the estate will affect the Department’s ability to provide the defence capability needed.

  9. Confirmed impacts: Managing reductions in local authority government funding

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    This impacts case study shows how central government has responded to our identification of the need to have a better understanding of the implications on local service delivery when making funding decisions, and how local government has made use of our report.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.

  10. Board evaluation questionnaire

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    Public sector Boards must conduct an annual performance appraisal and Board members may find it helpful to complete this questionnaire as part of the process.

  11. Open-book accounting and supply-chain assurance: case studies

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    The NAO has called for government to negotiate greater access to information about how much outsourced public services are actually costing suppliers and therefore how much profit they are making.

  12. Disposal of public land for new homes

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    A programme to sell enough government land by March 2015 to build a potential 100,000 homes did not collect information on the amount of money raised or how many homes have actually been built. In future land sales, responsibility for monitoring what happens to land after disposal should be made clear.

  15. Investigation: the government’s funding of Kids Company

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    Kids Company, a children’s charity, received at least £46m of public funding. Officials raised concerns about the charity’s cash flow and financial sustainability at least 6 times between 2002 and 2015 but the charity never reached a position where it was able to operate without government assistance.

  17. NAO Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report 2017-18

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    This report summarises our progress and activities over the final year of the 2015-2018 Diversity & Inclusion strategy. As part of our commitment to the Public Sector Equality Duty we also publish equality data in a separate report.

  18. Supporting investment into the UK

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    This report examines the Department for International Trade’s strategy for supporting investment into the UK.

  19. NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19

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    The NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19 provides details about the NAO’s work and our performance.

  20. Training New Teachers

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    The government needs to do more to demonstrate how new arrangements for training new teachers are improving the quality of teaching in classrooms.