[PDF] Top 20 HM Treasury spending review 2015 : report by the Comptroller and Auditor General

... but HM Treasury received only two formal joint bids across all departmental submissions, which was the same number as in ...Some HM Treasury departmental spending teams are grouped ... See full document

... public spending for Parliament and is independent of government. The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), Amyas Morse, is an Officer of the House of Commons and leads the NAO, which ... See full document

... 11 HM Treasury took steps to understand the evidence base that underpinned departmental forecasts and baseline models before the start of the Spending ...Both HM Treasury’s spending ... See full document

... 20 Although there have been some frustrations with the process, departments see SDPs as a step in the right direction. Departments see the value in setting out ‘a single version of the truth’, using the same information ... See full document

... government said they would. The government set out a significant ambition for public accountability through the SDPs. They would describe the government’s objectives, bring together inputs and outputs, and enable the ... See full document

... 11 The teaching workforce has grown in recent years, but secondary schools face significant challenges to keep pace with rising pupil numbers. Overall, the number of full-time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools ... See full document

... Sector Report). As the Department notes in its Annual Report, it received an ‘in principle’ agreement from HM Treasury to develop the proposals for a Sector Report alongside a range of ... See full document

... authorities’ spending on school transport for pupils with SEND has also increased significantly, and was £102 million ...authorities’ spending power between 2010-11 and 2017-18 (paragraphs ...effectively. ... See full document

... in general authorities we spoke to were unwilling to engage in borrowing to support capital investment that did not cover its costs by delivering revenue savings or ... See full document

... 17 DfE is managing individual risks associated with delivery of components of the current change programme in an appropriate way. The Apprenticeships Directorate has embarked on a wide range of initiatives in support of ... See full document

... statements from that date. The Department has calculated these balances from the closing balances, making adjustments for in-year movements and conversions. I have qualified my opinion in respect of the opening balances, ... See full document

... 2.13 The former Department for Business, Innovation & Skills also extrapolated wage premiums to estimate overall economic returns on investment from apprenticeships, and to compare the economic returns offered by ... See full document

... 1.6 Durand plans to educate pupils in years 9 to 11 in new boarding facilities outside South London. It has purchased a site for this, a vacant boarding school, in West Sussex, which it plans to develop and expand. The ... See full document

... 4.32 As regards quality, the Department concluded in their project review that the Royal Navy and Army were generally content with the output quality of trainees from the School. In contrast the Royal Air Force ... See full document

... 3.4 The Department’s distribution of funding to local authorities so that they can carry out their duties under homelessness legislation is in accordance with its principles of localism. Through the local government ... See full document

... 26 HMRC’s online VAT registration system has proven popular with taxpayers but it is too early to determine whether it has delivered the projected reduction in revenue losses. Since implementation began in October 2012, ... See full document

... 14 The government is very unlikely to meet its target of 3 million apprenticeship starts by 2020. There was a spike in starts in April 2017, the last month when employers and training providers could use the previous ... See full document

... 3.12 HM Treasury is conducting one more public subscription of the HMT Libor scheme to spend most of the remaining funds it holds under that ...writing HM Treasury was assessing ...that ... See full document

... 23 The Department cannot demonstrate that it is meeting its objectives to improve the quality of care and the stability of placements for children through the £2.5 billion spent by local authorities; it has no indicators ... See full document

... 2 Children’s early experiences can have long-term impacts on their emotional and physical health, social development, education and future employment. Children in care do less well in school than their peers. They are ... See full document