Sentences with phrase «audit office report»

What we know from the National Audit Office Report into Family Mediation 2007 «Mediation is faster, cheaper and less adversarial than the courts — it is the duty of legal advisers to tell clients about mediation, but they have a financial disincentive to do so and many bypass it.»

Recently, a new National Audit Office report indicated some # 3 billion in child maintenance arrears is considered «uncollectable» which has led to this amount being written off, potentially depriving thousands of children of a better quality of life.

In September 2017 I also commented on the National Audit Office report into rising clinical negligence costs here.

«Yeo's first committee task will be to examine this month's National Audit Office report on government funding for renewable energy, covering taxpayer incentives and the «renewables obligation» scheme that forces electricity generators to invest in green energy.

«Following an Australian National Audit Office report in December that found that spending on specialist consulting contracts had grown from more than $ 200 million in 2012 - 13 to more than $ 500 million in 2016 - 17, the joint committee of public accounts and audits has asked government departments and agencies to explain their procurement spends.»

The Spectator gives an overview of the National Audit Office report on Establishing Free Schools.

Heads have been protesting that school budgets have failed to keep up with rising costs - highlighting a National Audit Office report of a # 3bn funding gap.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments on the Government's apprenticeship programme in the light of the National Audit Office report.

«As February's National Audit Office report highlighted, teacher supply is becoming a critical issue in many schools,» said Ms Ellis.

A Naional Audit Office report last year looked into the matter and found an alarming dearth of data and joined up services.

Opposition MPs highlighted a National Audit Office report that schools faced # 3bn in spending cuts and a forecast from the Institute for Fiscal Studies of an 8 % real - term cut.

The underlying financial problems faced by state schools in England were highlighted in a National Audit Office report in December last year.

The MPs» investigation builds on a National Audit Office report in February which said billions were being spent on free schools while many existing school buildings were crumbling.

The revelation comes just a week after a National Audit Office report highlighted how the government had missed its teacher recruitment targets for four years in a row.

She pointed to a National Audit Office report that said informal intervention such as local support was more effective than formal intervention.

«I have already accepted the eight recommendations within the Northern Ireland Audit Office report and these are being progressed by my department.»

Anyone involved in education knows that there is a chronic teacher shortage and issue that has been insufficiently addressed over many years, so much so that a recent national audit office report.

The MPs» investigation builds on a National Audit Office report in February which said billions were being spent on free schools while many existing school buildings were are not at an appropriate standard.

«These findings come just a few days after the latest National Audit Office report showed that many more teachers are clearly leaving the profession early compared with five years ago.

A devastating National Audit Office report last year was followed by the Public Accounts Committee labelling it «catastrophic» in February.

The National Audit office report

Aled Roberts AM, has described the Wales Audit Office report on «Higher education finances» as «deeply embarrassing» for the Welsh Government after it revealed that the estimated cost of the Tuition Fee Grant has increased by 24 %, from  # 653 million to  # 809 million.

Another outbreak of Foot & Mouth remains possible, according to a National Audit Office report into the 2001 Foot & Mouth outbreak.

Commenting on today's publication of the Wales Audit Office report on «Health Finances 2012 - 13 and Beyond», Aled Roberts, who is a member of the Public Accounts Committee, said:

So this was a success, and the Audit Office report actually recognises that we achieved our objectives.

Yet shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan pointed out that there is a «black hole» in the department, and that today's National Audit Office report revealed there was a # 130m loss of savings, since the Tory - led government took over 28 months ago, as a result of sentencing reforms not going ahead.

There is another MPA assessment due this month, and with the information commissioner demanding the details of the amber - red reports are released, the public accounts committee to debate the details of the stinging National Audit Office report, and a ruling on legal appeals all due for July, the answer for government is simple: get the vote on the paving bill through before any of that happens, whilst trying to con MPs in affected constituencies that if they don't vote for it, the compensation pot will run dry.

According to a National Audit Office report, HMPPS and NHS England do not have accurate data on how many prisoners are mentally ill, or how many people are waiting to be transferred to secure hospitals.

RCP comment on National Audit Office Report (Reducing Alcohol Harm: Health services in England for alcohol misuse)

«The National Audit Office report on reducing alcohol harm makes sobering reading.

A National Audit Office report published in November 2007 found ten senior Qinetiq managers received shares worth # 107 million from an investment of just over # 500,000 - a profit exceeding the incentivisation benefits such returns would bring.

As the National Audit Office reports on the cost of the free schools programme, Natalie Evans and Avis Gilmour debate the value of the free schools project.

Not exact matches

It's «the first time that nearly all legislative audit offices in Canada have coordinated their work in this way,» the report says.

«All of the revelations so far have been founded on Saher's original audit, but that report was arbitrarily limited to the former Premier's office.

The warning comes as the National Audit Office publishes «The completion and sale of High Speed 1» report, which concludes that while passenger numbers have increased, they are still below original expectations.

Opening of High Speed 2's London to Birmingham phase is already at risk of delay according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) which highlights cost and schedule pressures on the project.

Opening of High Speed 2's London to Birmingham phase is already at risk of delay according to a new report by the National Audit Office

The National Audit Office (NAO) is currently investigating the business settlements mentioned in the report.

The employment gap between ethnic minorities and the rest of the UK population could take 30 years to close, a National Audit Office (NAO) report warns.

In 1999, the program was the subject of a scathing audit report by the HUD Inspector General's office, which recommended that it be terminated.

«This is a deeply worrying report from the National Audit Office and raises many questions that the committee will seek to address next Monday when the MOD accounting officer is in front of the committee.

The Inspector General's audit report also claimed that senior officials under Mr. Cuomo sought to impede investigators examining the program and took the unusual step of asking the Inspector General's office for the names of HUD employees who spoke with auditors.

The National Audit Office has published a report criticising the Government over the sale of Royal Mail.

But a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) today revealed the categorical failure of previous attempts to change welfare payments, particularly in the case of incapacity benefits.

The report by the National Audit Office (NAO) claimed that decisions made in order to save money in the short term, like slowing the production of the Successor nuclear submarine, added an extra # 200 million to the overall cost of the project.

An audit by the state comptroller's office of the ESD chided the agency for failing to meet reporting requirements and a lack of transparency.

«While we are appreciative of the comprehensive audit work done by OSC [Office of the State Comptroller] we are concerned that the draft report is not fair and balanced,» Eileen McLoughin, SUNY's senior vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer, wrote in the Jan. 8 response.

The report, conducted by the office of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, found that 10 of the 30 organizations were operating without required contracts, more than half had not been audited by SUNY since 2007 and the two largest — the University at Buffalo Foundation and the Stony Brook Foundation — had not established required policies and procedures for key business functions.

More recently, Charlotte reported about an audit completed by the Erie County Comptroller's office that backed up a story she had previously reported regarding the Buffalo Urban League, which holds seven contracts with the county.

The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 appointed The Committee of Public Accounts to oversee the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG)[1] The Committee continues to be assisted by the C&AG who is a permanent witness at its hearings, along with his staff of the National Audit Office, who provide briefings on each report and assist in the preparation of the Committee's own reports.