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  2. Follow-up on alternative higher education providers

    Press release

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    The Department is exerting stronger oversight and sanctioning under-performing providers but there remain issues to resolve, such as more timely identification of underperformance and ineligible payments.

  3. Managing flood risk

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    This report evaluates whether government’s approach to managing the risks of flooding and coastal erosion is achieving value for money.

  4. NHS financial sustainability

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    The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability.

  5. NAO Diversity Annual Report 2014-15

    Corporate information

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    This report summarises our progress over the third year of the 2012-2015 strategy. As part of our commitment to the Public Sector Equality Duty we also publish equality data in our separate ‘Equality Information’ report.

  8. Tackling problem debt

    Press release

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    This report aims to evaluate and conclude on HM Treasury’s overall approach to over-indebtedness.

  9. The East of England Development Agency financial statements 2011-12

    Report Financial audit

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    The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 financial statements of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) because of irregular ex-gratia payments, totalling £51,000, made by the Agency to its staff.

  11. Managing risks in government

    Insight Good practice guides

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    We have reported regularly through our Value for Money audit programme that more effective risk management would enable departments to be better informed in their decisions, have a greater likelihood of meeting their aims and objectives, and help them to avoid costly mistakes.

  12. The completion and sale of High Speed 1

    Report Value for money

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    The HS1 project has delivered a high performing line, which was subsequently sold in a well-managed way. But international passenger numbers are falling far short of forecasts and the project costs exceed the value of journey time saving benefits.

  13. Fracking for shale gas in England

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    This report sets out the facts about the government’s support of shale gas development in England.

  14. Managing staff costs in central government

    Report Value for money

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    Despite numbers of staff employed by central government falling slightly over the last decade, costs have increased by 10 per cent.

  15. Reducing bureaucracy in further education in England

    Report Value for money

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    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Skills Funding Agency are pursuing a range of initiatives to simplify funding, qualification and assurance systems in further education. However, they do not know the scale of the problem faced by further education colleges and other providers.

  17. Lessons from PFI and other projects

    Report Value for money

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    Lessons from the large body of experience of using PFI can be applied to improve other forms of procurement. Government should also do more to act as an ‘intelligent customer’ in the procurement and management of projects.

  18. The higher education market

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    Young people are making complex choices about higher education without much effective help and advice, and the institutions concerned are under very little competitive pressure to provide best value.

  19. Homelessness

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    Homelessness has increased across all measures since 2010, with many local authorities now seeing it as a risk to their financial sustainability.