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The cost of public service pensions

“My report today sets out clearly the facts surrounding current cash payments from the public service pay-as-you-go pension schemes and the basis for future projections of these payments. The Treasury has performed some analysis on the sensitivity of its projections to changing assumptions, but has not considered the potentially significant effects of changes in the size of the public service workforce.

 

“Later this year I intend to report to Parliament on recent changes to the schemes, which are designed partly to reduce costs.”

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12 Mar 2010
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Department for Work and Pensions Pension Protection Fund

“The Pension Protection Fund has done well to retain a healthy balance sheet in trying economic times. However, it is likely that the challenge facing the Fund will increase as more schemes are transferred to it. Therefore it should continue to take appropriate steps to manage the increasing value of its assets efficiently and continue to work at improving its ability to assess the risks that it faces in periods of economic difficulty.”

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5 Feb 2010
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Train to Gain: Developing the skills of the workforce

“Train to Gain is achieving growth in training that employers value, but taxpayers have a right to expect that much more than half of the public funding should result in training that would not otherwise have occurred. Inconsistent management contributed to a slow start to the programme, followed by rapid growth and now the risk of demand exceeding budgets. We also need to see evidence that money is directed more to areas of greatest need, with training providers who do the best job for their learners and on bringing the whole range of business benefits to employers.”

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21 Jul 2009
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Report of the C&AG on the Department for Work and Pensions Resource Accounts 2008-09

“I have had to qualify my opinion on the Department for Work and Pensions accounts because of the levels of fraud and error: an estimated £2.7 billion of overpayments and £1.2 billion of underpayments. While it is promising that the total proportion of fraud and error continues to fall and the Department has put in place measures to try to reduce this still further, the Department should be aware of the risks of further fraud and error due to the pressure on the benefits system because of the current economic downturn.”

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20 Jul 2009
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Review of errors in Guaranteed Minimum Pension payments

“This is a sad case of public administration failure. Warnings were first sounded years ago that there were problems but no one took responsibility for resolving them. It is essential to prevent errors on this scale from happening again, but this will happen only if one party takes responsibility for the process as a whole.”

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16 Jul 2009
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Supporting people with autism through adulthood

“Greater awareness of the numbers of people with autism, as well as better understanding of autism amongst those providing health, social care, benefits, education and employment services, would lead to improved quality of life for those on the autistic spectrum. Specialist support and joint working across all areas – clinical, social and employment – could improve the transition from childhood to adult services, make services more effective and improve value for money.”

　

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5 Jun 2009
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Department for Work and Pensions: Communicating with customers

“The Department has made a determined effort to reduce reliance on burdensome long letters and piles of leaflets and has improved the efficiency of its communications with customers. It could, however, improve performance further by moving more of its services online. Where paper forms and letters are still necessary, it should make them more straightforward for the customer, particularly for the elderly and other vulnerable people.”

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7 May 2009