Briefing for The Environmental Audit Committee on delivery of the target to...
NAO Briefing for The House of commons Environmental Audit Committee
View ArticlePreparations for the roll-out of smart meters
There are major risks the Department of Energy and Climate Change must address to achieve value for money from its £11.3 billion national programme to install smart electricity and gas meters in all...
View ArticleDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Geographic information...
DEFRA: Geographic information strategy
View ArticleDepartmental Overview: A summary of the NAO's work on the Department for...
NAO Departmental Overview
View ArticleDepartmental Overview: A summary of the NAO's work on the Department for...
NAO Departmental Overview
View ArticleDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Financial Management...
The NAO cannot yet conclude that DEFRA is achieving value for money in its financial management, despite the fact that it has made improvements.
View ArticleNAO Briefing: Performance of Ofgem 2010-11
NAO Briefing: Performance of Ofgem 2010-1. A briefing for the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee.
View ArticleNAO briefing: The nuclear energy landscape in Great Britain
This briefing has been prepared for the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee, to inform their discussion of potential inquiries on nuclear energy.
View ArticleCarbon capture and storage: lessons from the competition for the first UK...
This competition was launched in 2007 with insufficient planning and recognition of the commercial risks and cancelled four years later. With carbon capture and storage technology still to be...
View ArticleOffshore electricity transmission: a new model for delivering infrastructure
Using competition to award companies licences to transmit electricity from offshore wind farms has benefits but consumers might end up bearing the cost of inflation.
View ArticleThe government’s long-term plans to deliver secure, low carbon and affordable...
Investment of £110bn in electricity infrastructure is needed by 2020 to meet increase in demand, to provide back-up capacity, and because of scheduled closure of one fifth of existing capacity.
View ArticleThe accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and of...
The Comptroller and Auditor General, has published his audit opinion on the 2011-12 accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Rural Payments Agency.
View ArticleAnimal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency accounts 2011-12
The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 accounts of the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
View ArticleImproving the delivery of animal health and welfare services through the...
Defra should continue to fund the Agency to complete this programme to improve the management of animal disease and secure the full benefits of the new ICT.
View ArticleReview of the data systems for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management...
View ArticleReview of the data systems for the Department of Energy and Climate Change
Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department of Energy and Climate Change's Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
View ArticleNAO briefing: The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
Have you seen this briefing which was prepared in response to a request from the Energy and Climate Change Committee for an independent overview of the development and implementation of the CRC Energy...
View ArticleNAO briefing: Appraisal and sustainable development
This briefing was prepared for the Environmental Audit Committee. It gives an overview of options appraisal processes across government, with a focus on incorporating environmental and social factors.
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