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Children and Families: Child
Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
This study will examine whether the Department for Work and
Pensions and the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission are
well placed to establish cost-effective child maintenance
arrangements in the future.
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Early 2012 |
Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421 |
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Cross-government and public
administration: Reorganising Central Government
Bodies
Our new study will review the planning and implementation of
reorganisations of central government departments since June
2009.
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Winter 2011
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Phil Groves
T: 020 7798 5339
M: 07770 678477
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Culture, media and leisure: The
BBC's Efficiency programme
The BBC aims to make cumulative net cash-releasing efficiency
savings of £1.8 billion by March 2013 through its five-year
Continuous Improvement programme. This study looks at the progress
so far.
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2011 |
Phil Groves
T: 020 7798 5339
M: 07770 678477
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Education and skills: Special
education for 16-25 year olds
This study will focus on education for young people aged 16-25
with a special educational need or learning difficulty /
disability.
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Winter 2011 |
Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421
|
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Education and skills: Research
Councils' Shared Service Centre
This study will examine whether the Research Councils' Shared
Service Centre project has been delivered to plan, will take
a view on whether the shared service centre is likely to be fit for
purpose in the near future and identify wider lessons for
Government.
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Autumn 2011
|
Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421
|
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Education and skills: Structured
Cost reduction in Schools through good financial
management
This study will examine how the Department gains assurance on
the business and financial management capability within schools and
local partners (for example local authorities) to support
structured cost reduction in schools.
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Autumn 2011
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Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421
|
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Environment, energy and
sustainability: Flood and coastal erosion risk
management
This study looks at how the risks to value for money in light of
changes to the delivery of flood and coastal erosion risk
management are being addressed.
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Autumn 2011 |
Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421
|
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Health and social care: Personal
budgets and the oversight of care markets
This study will examine how the Department of Health and Local
Authorities are overseeing the use of choice and competition in
social care.
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Autumn 2011
|
Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421
|
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Health and social care: The
provision of services for progressive neurological
conditions
This study will examine whether the existing range of health and
social care budgets can be used more effectively to treat
progressive neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's Disease,
Multiple Sclerosis and Motor Neurone Disease.
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Autumn 2011
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Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421
|
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ICT and systems analysis: The
Government’s ICT Strategy
This report is an early evaluation of the feasibility of the
Strategy based on an assessment of the risks to its delivery and
the extent to which the resources, leadership and processes that
need to be in place, are being firmly established.
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Autumn 2011 |
Phil Groves
T: 020 7798 5339
M: 07770 678477
|
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International affairs: DFID:
Delivery of Aid directly to beneficiaries
The study will examine how efficiently this is done, including
how the aid reaches the intended people with minimal losses or
overheads.
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Autumn 2011
|
Sarah Farndale
T: 020 7798 5350
M: 07985 274421
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Private finance:
Private Finance Initiative Projects: The role of equity
investment
The study will focus on the risk management role played by
primary equity investors and the returns they make from holding, or
reselling, PFI investments.
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Early 2012 |
Phil Groves
T: 020 7798 5339
M: 07770 678477 |
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Public order, justice and
rights: Criminal justice system - Streamlined
process
The streamlined process is about proportionate
police file preparation for straightforward criminal cases.
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Autumn 2011
|
Barry Lester
T: 020 7798 7937
M: 07748 181692
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Tax and duties: HMRC's expansion
of online filing of tax returns
We will examine whether HMRC's expansion of
online filing is being delivered as planned and assess whether
expected benefits for the Department and for the customer are being
realised.
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Autumn 2011
|
Phil Groves
T: 020 7798 5339
M: 07770 678477
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Transport and infrastructure:
Structured cost reduction in the Department for
Transport
Our study will examine the Department’s
approach to identifying the budget reductions. We will assess
whether the Department followed a reasonable process that would
protect value for money as far as possible.
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Late 2011 |
Phil Groves
T: 020 7798 5339
M: 07770 678477
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