[PDF] Top 20 Homelessness. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, 13 September 2017

... of homelessness or threatened homelessness The local authority makes such enquiries as are necessary to satisfy themselves whether the applicant is eligible for assistance (Eligibility depends on ... See full document

... Teachers report that regular curriculum and assessment changes have added significantly to their ...In September 2016, the National Foundation for Educational Research reported that the small, ... See full document

... 8 Critical to HMRC’s ability to increase its efficiency and reduce the tax gap further will be its success in delivering on two key commitments: to increase automation and digitalisation of its tax collection systems; and ... See full document

... this report I highlight those instances where the accounts rendered by central government bodies have not, in my opinion, provided a true and fair presentation of financial information or where funds have not been ... 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

... 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

... 2.23 The Asset Protection Scheme (APS) was designed to provide participating banks with a form of insurance against future losses above a certain level on defined portfolios of assets, in exchange for a fee. By limiting ... See full document

... 3.20 One significant reason for the reduction is HMRC’s progress in tackling missing trader and carousel fraud of VAT (we illustrate this abuse in Figure 13). HMRC is reinvesting £25 million of efficiency savings ... See full document

... 24 Transition to the new structure comes with significant risks associated with key dependencies on other defence change programmes and successful recruitment, training and integratio[r] ... See full document

... of general war. 13 These include, for example, stabilisation operations (such as in Afghanistan), peacekeeping and defence engagement (such as in training and exercising with ... See full document

... The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), Sir Amyas Morse KCB, is an Officer of the House of Commons and leads the ...and report to Parliament on whether departments and the bodies they ... See full document

... grant report within three months of the end of the grant period as ...May 2017, HM Treasury and MoD stated that they formalised a process to set out if a grant is to be paid in multiple parts, it is ... See full document

... for homelessness prevention services The Ministry of Justice sets policy, actions and oversight for those in the criminal justice system working with care leavers and local authorities Provides a small amount of ... See full document

... 13 The 2013 Care Leaver Strategy was a positive step by government. Eight government departments worked together on the strategy. The aim was to address some of the unintended consequences of policies that are not ... See full document

... as Comptroller and Auditor General, I conducted my audit of the financial statements in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) issued by the Auditing practices Board and ... See full document

... 1.2 Since April 1999 the Department of Social Security has had new performance management arrangements aimed at delivering secure and accurate services. These include a Public Service Agreement target to reduce by at ... See full document

... have a statutory duty to report without delay or by a specified date; or believe that the public interest would not be served by doing so. Annual audit letter 6.3 There is no statutory duty on the C&AG to draw ... See full document

... si e o f applicant pool rate star t tr aining n umber pilots in training rate tr ansf er to oper ational tr aining n umber pilots a v ailab le fo r fr ont line trainee intake quality was[r] ... See full document

... If sustained this would be a material improvement on preceding programmes. 13 Recent analysis by the Department suggests that many job outcomes are not claimed by contractors. The Department has used HM Revenue & ... See full document

... statisticians and at 31 March 2019, the accuracy for CMS 2012 user intervention cases was 97.2 per cent. 13. The Department has advised that the closure of existing cases during the year means it is not possible ... See full document