Sentences with phrase «national audit»

Focus of National Audit Office report is to be government's huge bill for seeking advice on HBOS and RBS rescue packages

Access to rigorous coursework is unevenly distributed across American high schools, as shown by national audits of AP classes conducted by the College Board.

«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.»

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

He added that the book answers many of the important questions posed in the recent National Audit Office report about the need for the Department for Education to better define the success of the apprenticeship programme.

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Government attempts to set up Universal Credit scheme have already wasted # 34 million according to a damning National Audit Office report.

The system used by the government to convert local authority - maintained schools into academies is under National Audit Office scrutiny.

Expansion in the use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)-- the minimally invasive surgery performed on heart patients instead of using drugs — is seeing more patients with acute coronary syndromes treated more quickly, according to the latest National Audit of PCI (covering 2012).

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.

The other key area is the post hoc scrutiny of government spending achieved by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), acting on the reports of the independent National Audit Office, the UK's «supreme audit institution» (or SAI).

Sir Menzies himself today travels to Brussels for a speech calling for reform of the EU, with the concept of annual national audits to reassure voters that money had been well spent - and subject to scrutiny by national parliaments.

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

The excoriating National Audit Office report, he says, is based on historic data.

The report comes on the back of a similarly scathing National Audit Office (NAO) study into teacher recruitment in February, which revealed a series of weaknesses in the government's strategy.

The consulation comes after a critical National Audit Office published this morning that found the DfE had no strategy for school finances — as schools face making # 3 billion of efficiency savings over the next four years.

In 2004 the government set a target to stop the rise in numbers of child obesity by 2010 (see Tackling Child Obesity — First Steps National Audit Office Value for Money Report: Executive Summary Report).

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The Australian National Audit Office found when it audited the respondent funding scheme in the 2006 ‑ 2007 year16 (under the old guidelines), there was a concerning lack of data about how the scheme is being administered and a resulting lack of analysis on its effectiveness and necessity.

In 2013, a damning National Audit Office report found it could be «slow to act» during investigations, pointing to several inquiries where «periods of several months passed during which the commission took no action».

«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.

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...

National Audit Office says the firm had an «aggressive» programme of office closures and redundancies

Britain's National Audit Office warned of risks in the sector in 2013, highlighting a government focus on what it called «short - term savings».

The Public Accounts Committee and National Audit Office raised serious concerns about the legality of the health department contract, describing it as a «back room deal» which had been «handed to Dr Foster on a plate».

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After a string of scandals have engulfed Australian Wool Innovation, senators have today referred the marketing and research body to the national audit office.

In its analysis of Children's Centres» progress as of September 2005, the National Audit Office found that most families who used them were happy with the quality of services provided, valuing their role as one - stop - shop providers of advice and social networks.

The committee said the published email exchange between HMRC and the National Audit Office made it clear staff had been motivated by cost considerations when deciding not to remove sensitive data.

Instead, we found a National Audit Office report (Managing Staff Costs in Central Government 2011) giving the costs of the civil service from 2001 to 2010.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is «throwing away millions» of tax payers money on poorly designed private finance initiative (PFI) projects, according to national audit office (NAO) statistics released today.

The National Audit Office (NAO) concludes that the department could save # 14 million a year by 2008 - 09 and # 24 million a year by 2010 if it improves is procurement capacities and processes.

The coalition government is conducting a «national audit» of what the EU currently does and its implications for Britain.

Only half the data systems used to measure progress on the government's public service agreement (PSA) targets are fit for purpose, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

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.

The National Audit Office has estimated the cost to the UK economy of offending by young people as # 11bn per year.

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.

Professor Ian Gilmore, commenting today on the publication of the National Audit Office report Reducing Alcohol Harm: Health services in England for alcohol misuse said:

Commenting on the National Audit Office report «Universal Credit: early progress» released today, Imran Hussain, Head of Policy of Child Poverty Action Group, said: «This report places Universal Credit on the «critical list», cataloguing mistakes and failures that have dogged the project right from the start.

A project to replace 46 local fire and rescue control rooms with nine regional centres has been dubbed a «comprehensive failure» by the National Audit Office.

The National Audit Office (NAO) said the 16 biggest defence projects had seen a slippage of 139 months and increase in costs of # 468 million over the last 12 months.

In its analysis of administration cost savings caused by the Public Bodies Reform programme, the National Audit Office (NAO) decided to exclude bodies associated with the Department of Health (the department subject to the largest administration cost changes), saying «the major reorganisation and transfer of functions between NHS bodies since 2010 made the analysis too problematic» (NAO 2014, p. 40).

National Audit Office head Amyas Morse said: «HS2 is a large, complex and ambitious programme which is facing cost and time pressures.

The National Audit Office report on High Speed 1 highlights: § International rail passenger numbers fall far short of original forecasts.

Decisive action is needed to ensure the success of the Government's Road Investment Strategy which now faces deliverability and affordability risks following its hasty development according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

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

He sought assurances the National Audit Office (NAO) would take up the Audit Commission's value - for - money functions.