Health and social care integration
The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.
Published:
8 Feb 2017
8 Feb 2017
Publications
Departmental Overview 2015-16: Home Office
This Departmental Overview looks at the Home Office and summarises its performance during the year ended March 2016, together with our recent reports on it.
Published:
1 Feb 2017
1 Feb 2017
BBC TV Licence fee collection
The BBC has improved the value for money of its activity, but there is scope to make improvements, particularly on licence fee evasion and the incomplete transition programme.
Published:
1 Feb 2017
1 Feb 2017
Investigation into Police and Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Commutation factors
This looks at the chain of events which led to the government paying £711m in compensation to 34,000 pensioners who retired from the Police and Firefighters’ Pension Schemes between 2001 and 2006 without receiving their full pension entitlement. Due to the extent of the legal process in the case, some police and firefighters were retired for over 15 years before they received their full pension entitlement from government.
Published:
1 Feb 2017
1 Feb 2017
The Equipment Plan 2016-2026
The risks to the affordability of the Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan are greater than at any point since reporting began in 2012.
Published:
27 Jan 2017
27 Jan 2017
NHS Ambulance Services
Demand for ambulance services continues to grow rapidly, but services are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with rising demand.
Published:
26 Jan 2017
26 Jan 2017
Carbon Capture and Storage: the second competition for government support
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has not achieved value for money for its £100 million spend on the second competition for government financial support for carbon capture storage.
Published:
20 Jan 2017
20 Jan 2017
Housing in England: overview
The need for housing in England has in recent years grown faster than its supply, and housebuilding needs to increase across the country.
Published:
19 Jan 2017
19 Jan 2017
Investigation into HMRC’s contract with Concentrix
HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) contract with Synnex-Concentrix UK Ltd was terminated in November 2016. The contract was designed to add capacity to HMRC’s programme of interventions to prevent or detect error and fraud in personal tax credits awards. HMRC estimated that the contract would save £1 billion over its three year life time and an estimated £193 million, excluding Concentrix’s costs, had been saved by the time of contract termination.
Published:
17 Jan 2017
17 Jan 2017
Memorandum: Service Family Accommodation update
This memorandum has been prepared to support the Committee of Public Accounts’ consideration of the Ministry of Defence’s provision of accommodation to its service personnel.
Published:
16 Jan 2017
16 Jan 2017