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  1. Active travel in England

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    Our report assesses the government’s progress delivering its ambition to increase rates of walking, wheeling and cycling.

  2. Procurement of the M25 private finance contract

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    The Highways Agency’s PFI contract to widen the M25 could have been better value for money. The slowness with which it was taken forward resulted in higher financing costs, and the Agency was slow to investigate a potentially cheaper alternative to widening.

  3. The completion and sale of High Speed 1

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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.

  4. Levelling up funding to local government

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    Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.

  5. Independent Reviews of reported CSR07 Value for Money savings

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    The National Audit Office has today published independent reviews of value for money savings reported by the Department for Transport and the Home Office as part of their 2008-09 Annual Reports. The Department for Transport reported savings of £892 million, of which the NAO found that 43 per cent fairly represent realised cash savings, 22 […]

  7. Decarbonising the power sector

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    This report looks at how DESNZ is set up for power sector decarbonisation while maintaining security of electricity supply and affordability.

  8. English devolution deals

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    Devolution deals to devolve power from central government to local areas in England offer opportunities to stimulate economic growth and reform public services for local users, but the arrangements are untested and government could do more to provide confidence that these deals will achieve the benefits intended

  9. The UK border: preparedness for EU exit

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    This report assesses how prepared government departments are for the changes required at the border after EU exit.

  11. Crossrail – a progress update

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    This report makes recommendations for Crossrail Ltd and the programme sponsors as Crossrail nears completion.

  12. Regulating Network Rail’s efficiency

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    Limitations in Network Rail’s cost information has hampered the ability of the Office of Rail Regulation to assess efficiency savings.

  13. The Department for Transport – Letting Rail Franchises 2005-2007

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    Under the management of the Department for Transport, the process for awarding passenger Rail Franchises in England and Wales has delivered better value for money, with subsidies expected to fall. But some fares will rise above inflation and crowding for many commuters will increase in the short term until investment delivers more carrying capacity. Today’s […]

  14. Shared services in the Department for Transport and its agencies

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    Plans to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of services such as human resources, payroll and finance could cost the Department for Transport £81 million (by March 2015) rather than saving £57 million as originally expected. There will need to be substantial improvements in the shared service centre’s productivity if the Department’s original targets are to […]

  15. Reducing passenger rail delays by better management of incidents

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    In 2006-07, almost 800,000 incidents caused 14 million minutes of delay to rail journeys costing a minimum of £1 billion in terms of time lost to passengers, according to a report released today by the National Audit Office. There was a sharp increase in delay minutes after the Hatfield derailment in October 2000 and the […]

  16. Tackling local breaches of air quality

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    This report examines government’s progress in tackling local breaches of NO2 limits and its performance on air quality more broadly.

  18. Electronic service delivery in the Driver, Vehicle and Operator Agencies in Great Britain

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    Since the early 1990s, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Driving Standards Agency and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency have made some of their services available either through the internet, by telephone or through business to business computer systems. A report released today by the National Audit Office has found that these developments […]

  19. Local government and net zero in England

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    This new report responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to examine local government and net zero.