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  1. Decommissioning toolkit
    Getting advice and support for the process of decommissioning

    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. There can be many technical aspects to carrying out decommissioning include workforce considerations, ending of contracts, finances etc. It is important to get professional advice early on in the process, especially because the process of decommissioning can take place very quickly and there may not be time […]

  2. Decommissioning toolkit
    What decommissioning is not

    This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. Decommissioning is not the same as cuts.  Cuts are usually decisions taken simply on the basis of reducing the costs of service provision, while decommissioning is a process which, while sometimes leading to the stopping of services, can mitigate the potentially damaging effects of cuts. Although the […]

  4. NAO Diversity Annual Report 2011-12

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    An ambitious diversity programme that helps attract the best talent and encourages all staff to contribute fully is essential if we are to deliver our challenging corporate strategy.

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

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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.

  6. Managing early departures in central government

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    Departments have acted quickly to reduce staff numbers and this should bring significant savings. To sustain these savings, and deliver long-term value for money improvements, staff numbers must stay at these reduced levels and departments must develop new ways of working.

  7. Managing change in the Defence workforce

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    The Ministry of Defence, under pressure to make rapid financial savings, is significantly reducing the size of its workforce, by over 54,000 personnel. A report today by the National Audit Office has found that these reductions are happening in advance of the Department’s fully understanding how it will operate with significantly fewer staff.

  9. Managing high value capital equipment in the NHS in England

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    Value for money is not being achieved across all trusts in the planning, procurement and use of high value equipment. There are significant variations across England in levels of activity and a lack of comparable information about performance and cost of machine use.

  11. NAO Diversity Annual Report 2009-10

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    Our diversity strategy helps to support our success by enhancing our capacity through recruiting and retaining talented people from as wide a talent pool as possible, and by getting the best from our diverse workforce ensuring we all work well together and are motivated and supported to deliver the best we can.

  12. The cost of public service pensions

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    There has been much public discussion about the affordability of public service pensions. To inform that debate, the National Audit Office has today published a report designed to bring greater transparency to, and understanding of, the cash costs involved. Today’s report found: Total payments to more than 2 million pensioners in the UK’s four largest […]

  13. Train to Gain: Developing the skills of the workforce

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    At a cost of £1.47 billion by March 2009, Train to Gain had supported employer-focused training for over one million learners, and had developed a skills brokerage service with which a majority of employers was satisfied. But while Train to Gain has achieved undoubted benefits for employers, the NAO has concluded that over its full […]

  14. Helping Government Learn

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    To obtain value for money from public spending, lessons must be learnt from both success and failure. Although there is some effective learning within departments, learning is still not as prioritised as much as it should be, according to a National Audit Office report released today. Much learning in government occurs after large projects, initiatives […]

  15. Recruiting civil servants efficiently

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    The National Audit Office has today reported that the processes used by central government to recruit civil servants do not fully deliver value for money. Departments are working to understand and improve parts of the external recruitment process but more can be done. In 2007-08, central government recruited more than 40,000 new staff, with 78 […]

  16. Skills for Life: Progress in Improving Adult Literacy and Numeracy

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    The strategy to improve basic literacy and numeracy skills has helped over 5.7 million adults achieve a qualification or other specified learning aim at a cost of £5 billion, according to the National Audit Office. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Learning and Skills Council exceeded targets for the number of adults […]

  17. The Closure of MG Rover

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today on the support provided to MG Rover by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other public bodies before and during the Company’s collapse in 2005, and on the effectiveness of plans to deal with and mitigate the consequences of the firm’s closure. […]

  18. Environment Agency: Efficiency in water resource management

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that while the Environment Agency provides well-managed and professional water resource management services there is scope to improve efficiency and realise net savings of some £450,000 a year on its activities in England, with a further potential saving of between £1 million to £2 […]

  19. The NHS Cancer Plan: A Progress Report

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    The National Audit Office reported today that, four years into the 10-year NHS Cancer Plan, substantial progress has been made in meeting the Plan’s targets. The thirty-four cancer networks which have been established have achieved important improvements in delivering cancer services across England. However, the networks need to be more effective and to develop partnership […]

  20. Delivering Public Services to a Diverse Society

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    Responding to an increasingly diverse society is essential if public services are to meet their full potential, Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, reported to Parliament today. This report – the first of its kind by the NAO – looks across Whitehall at the way in which government bodies are taking steps to better […]