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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215555922 Total Pages :40 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (559 download)
Book Synopsis PFI in housing and hospitals by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Download or read book PFI in housing and hospitals written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government (the Departments) are responsible for sizeable portfolios of PFI projects covering hospitals and social housing. By April 2009 there were 76 operational PFI hospitals in England and over 13,000 homes had been built or refurbished through PFI. The letting of contracts and the responsibility for managing them is devolved to NHS Trusts and local authorities. The Departments are responsible for overseeing their PFI programmes and reporting to the public and Parliament on value for money. The Committee can find no clear and explicit justification and evaluation for the use of PFI in terms of its value for money. In many cases local authorities and Trusts chose the PFI route because the Departments offered no realistic funding alternative. Other concerns are central government's failure to use the market leverage that comes from overseeing multiple contracts, and the lack of robust central data to support effective programme management. It is clear that the implementation of PFI projects could be improved. Many PFI housing procurements have taken very much longer, and cost a great deal more, than originally planned. On hospitals, most are receiving the services expected at the point contracts were signed and are generally being well managed. There are, however, wide and unexplained variations in the cost of hospital support services, such as cleaning, catering and portering. Departments are not using their own buying power to leverage gains for the taxpayer.
Book Synopsis Lessons from PFI and other projects by : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Download or read book Lessons from PFI and other projects written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lessons from the experience of using PFI can be applied to improve other forms of procurement and help Government achieve its aim of securing annual infrastructure delivery cost savings of £2 billion to £3 billion. To secure the best value for money from all types of procurement, the public sector needs to develop skills the NAO has identified. These are collecting better data to inform decision-making; ensuring projects have the right skills; establishing effective arrangements to test, challenge and, if necessary, stop projects; and using commercial awareness to obtain better deals. The case for using private finance in public procurement needs to be challenged more. Also, privately financed projects will often still be off balance-sheet which may continue to act as an incentive to use PFI. There has not been a systematic value for money evaluation of operational PFI projects by departments. So there is insufficient data to demonstrate whether the use of private finance has led to better or worse value for money than other forms of procurement. The Treasury and departments should identify alternative methods for delivering infrastructure and related facilities services to maximise value for money for government. The NAO welcomes the current plans of the Treasury and Cabinet Office to strengthen project assurance. The report highlights the need for independent challenge capable of stopping projects which do not give the prospect of value for money. This is particularly important as there is still a shortage of the skills needed to manage and oversee complex major projects.
Book Synopsis Treasury minutes on the fourteenth to eighteenth reports from the Committee of Public Accounts session 2010-11 by : Great Britain. Treasury
Download or read book Treasury minutes on the fourteenth to eighteenth reports from the Committee of Public Accounts session 2010-11 written by Great Britain. Treasury and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reports published as HC 631 (ISBN 9780215555922); HC 632 (9780215555939); HC 574 (9780215556042); HC 552 (9780215556066); HC 502 (9780215556165)
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215561206 Total Pages :120 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (612 download)
Book Synopsis Private Finance Initiative by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee
Download or read book Private Finance Initiative written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Treasury Committee concludes that Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for new infrastructure, such as schools and hospitals, does not provide taxpayers with good value for money and stricter criteria should be introduced to govern its use. Higher borrowing costs since the credit crisis mean that PFI is now an extremely inefficient method of financing projects. Poor investment decisions may continue to be encouraged across the public sector, however, because PFI allows Government departments and public bodies to make big capital investments without committing large sums up front. There is no convincing evidence that savings and efficiencies during the lifetime of PFI projects offset the higher cost of finance. The current Value for Money appraisal system may be biased to favour PFIs and there are problems with the way costs and benefits for such projects are currently calculated. Investment could be increased in the long run if government capital investment were used instead of PFI. Paying off a PFI debt of £1bn may cost taxpayers the same as paying off a direct government debt of £1.7bn. Recommendations include: the Treasury should consider scoring most PFIs in departmental budgets in the same way as direct capital expenditure; the Treasury should discuss with the OBR the treatment of PFI to ensure that PFI cannot be used to 'game' the fiscal rules; the Value for Money assessment process should be subjected to scrutiny by the NAO; the Treasury should review the way in which risk transfer is identified.
Book Synopsis Understanding the Private–Public Divide by : Avner Offer
Download or read book Understanding the Private–Public Divide written by Avner Offer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinctive new account of why markets focus on short-term goals, while government needs to concentrate on society's long-term interests.
Book Synopsis Public Private Partnerships and Constitutional Law by : Nikiforos Meletiadis
Download or read book Public Private Partnerships and Constitutional Law written by Nikiforos Meletiadis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annually, the government commits significant expenditure to a type of public contracts which are known as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) or the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). These contracts bind the public purse for decades in sectors such as Health, Defence and Detention, and involve the assignment of a significant role to the private sector in the provision of public services. This book explores the controversial subject of the public accountability of these contracts, and the corresponding large sums of public money involved. It explains how public accountability works for PPPs and the PFI, and it argues that it should be provided as part of the Economic Constitution. Drawing comparative understandings from the UK and the USA constitutional legal traditions, the book investigates public accountability from the perspective of the Economic Constitution, focusing on three accountability criteria - legal, accounting and administrative. In doing so, it provides an analysis which informs both from the perspective of academic research and from that of legal and consulting practice.
Book Synopsis PFI in housing by : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Download or read book PFI in housing written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, from the National Audit Office (HCP 71, session 2010-11, ISBN 9780102965285), looks at PFI in Housing. The use of PFI by local authorities to improve housing, usually in areas with a high need for housing and where the stock condition is particularly poor, has had a measure of success, but risks to value for money of the programme have not been managed. In the context of this programme, PFI has been a flexible and useful funding route for local authorities to improve existing housing and build new stock. However, the majority of projects required significant increases in central funding prior to contract signature and all have suffered delays. Twenty one of the 25 projects which have been signed to date have experienced cost increases, with 12 of these over 100 per cent. All signed projects, for which the NAO was able to obtain data, were delayed, on average by 2 years and 6 months. For early projects this was partly because PFI was new to the housing sector and the Department for Communities and Local Government had to develop its understanding of stock condition issues. Also, the Department's management for early projects was also weak and under-resourced. While the capital cost of PFI housing projects is similar to other developments, the Department's evaluation to date has not taken account of the full costs. Procurement also tends to take more time, which can increase procurement and tender costs for local authorities and bidders.
Book Synopsis The Politics of Public Sector Reform by : M. Burton
Download or read book The Politics of Public Sector Reform written by M. Burton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure in response to transform public services.
Book Synopsis Public–Private Partnerships and the Law by : Yseult Marique
Download or read book Public–Private Partnerships and the Law written by Yseult Marique and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-30 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book examines the legal regulation of Public_Private Partnerships (PPPs) and provides a systematic overview of PPPs and their functions. It covers both the contractual relationships between public and private actors and the relationships be
Book Synopsis Neoliberal Housing Policy by : Keith Jacobs
Download or read book Neoliberal Housing Policy written by Keith Jacobs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neoliberal Housing Policy considers some of the most significant housing issues facing the West today, including the increasing commodification of housing; the political economy surrounding homeownership; the role of public housing; the problem of homelessness; the ways that housing accentuates social and economic inequality; and how suburban housing has transformed city life. The empirical focus of the book draws mainly from the US, UK and Australia, with examples to illustrate some of the most important features and trajectories of late capitalism, including the commodification of welfare provision and financialisation, while the examples from other nations serve to highlight the influence of housing policy on more regional- and place-specific processes. The book shows that developments in housing provision are being shaped by global financial markets and the circuits of capital that transcend the borders of nation states. Whilst considerable differences within nation states exist, many government interventions to improve housing often fall short. Adopting a structuralist approach, the book provides a critical account of the way housing policy accentuates social and economic inequalities and identifies some of the significant convergences in policy across nations states, ultimately offering an explanation as to why so many ‘inequalities’ endure. It will be useful for anyone in professional housing management/social housing programmes as well as planning, sociology (social policy), human geography, urban studies and housing studies programmes.
Book Synopsis Evaluating the Operation of PFI in Roads and Hospitals by : Pam Edwards
Download or read book Evaluating the Operation of PFI in Roads and Hospitals written by Pam Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Public Sector Management by : Norman Flynn
Download or read book Public Sector Management written by Norman Flynn and published by Sage Publications (CA). This book was released on 2007 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth Edition of this popular textbook provides students and practitioners with a jargon-free description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government. Fully revised and updated, it assesses the policies and performance of the second and third Blair administrations with completely new material on Public-Private Partnerships, Private Finance Initiative and the management of the railways and London Underground. Written in a highly accessible yet analytical style, The Fifth Edition includes chapter summaries, thematically organized further reading, and a website with resources for students and lecturers.
Book Synopsis Public Private Partnership for Desertification Control in Inner Mongolia by : Zhongju Meng
Download or read book Public Private Partnership for Desertification Control in Inner Mongolia written by Zhongju Meng and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In terms of China’s current situation, the prevention and control of land degradation and the development of innovative sustainable land management activities lie within the purview of public works. Further, public-private partnerships (PPPs) hold considerable potential for application in this field. Inner Mongolia is one of the Chinese provinces hardest hit by land degradation. Fortunately, after years of dedicated efforts, meaningful achievements have been made: the increasing participation of the people as a whole, combined with growing investments in land degradation prevention and ecological construction on the part of private enterprises, has to some extent compensated for the lack of government involvement. Further, Inner Mongolia has been a pioneer in the use of PPPs for the prevention and control of land degradation, which has yielded numerous ecological, social and economic benefits. To better promote the development of ecological construction and expand the participation in land degradation control, this book systematically studies the use of PPPs in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, drawing on field investigations and case analyses to do so. Its main goal is to explore a public-private partnership model that can effectively expand the scale of investment in land degradation prevention and sustainable land management.
Book Synopsis Cost Studies of Buildings by : Allan Ashworth
Download or read book Cost Studies of Buildings written by Allan Ashworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide to cost studies of buildings has been updated and revised throughout for the 5th edition. New chapters have been added on the RICS New Rules of Measurement (NRM) for order of cost estimating and elemental cost planning, and on the procurement of construction projects.
Book Synopsis Interprofessional Collaboration by : Audrey Leathard
Download or read book Interprofessional Collaboration written by Audrey Leathard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interprofessional collaboration in the health and social care services has become a commanding force, spear-headed by the Government's modernisation programme to improve partnership. Interprofessional Collaboration highlights the benefits and factors arising from working together for patients, service users and carers through a review of theoretical models illustrated by relevant examples. Discussion of topical problems being faced by practitioners, managers, and policy-makers in the health and social care sector covers: *Policy issues from various interprofessional angles, including the place of management, ethical issues and technology *The application of policy to practice in working together across professions, sectors and communities, giving an overview of teamwork, new primary care policies, interprofessional agendas for family support and mental health, and users' and carers' perspectives on collaboration in practice *Policy and practice in learning together, including theoretical challenges and developments internationally. Relevant for all those that have an interest in matters of health, social care, welfare and caring, Interprofessional Collaboration provides comprehensive coverage on interprofessional education and policy in the UK and abroad.
Book Synopsis Policy, Management and Finance of Public-Private Partnerships by : Akintola Akintoye
Download or read book Policy, Management and Finance of Public-Private Partnerships written by Akintola Akintoye and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines some of the key policy, financial and managerialaspects of public-private partnerships within the context of theglobal spread of this form of procurement. The chapters investigate political and institutional issuessurrounding PPPs, together with the financial and managerialstrategies employed by the private sector. Adopting across-disciplinary perspective, the book highlights the oftenpolitically sensitive nature of these projects and identifies aneed for the private sector to investigate a broad set ofparameters which relate to the particular political economy ofindividual partnerships. Policy, Finance & Management for Public-Private Partnershipscovers a range of specific issues, including: partnerships indeveloping countries; innovation in partnership-based procurement;government and business interaction; institutional andorganisational approaches to facilitating partnership; project andcorporate financing; risk and value management; market analysis,modelling and forecasting; capital structure decisions andmanagement; investment theory and practice; pricing and costevaluation; statutory regulations and their financial implications;option pricing; financial monitoring; syndicate funding; new rolesfor the financial and insurance sectors; institutional andmultilateral funding; payment mechanisms; concession perioddetermination; risk analysis and management; whole life valuemethodology; cost comparators and best value; team building, teamwork and skill development. Contributions from Australia, Europe, the Far East, South Africaand the United States together present the current thinking andstate-of-the-art approaches to public-private partnerships.
Book Synopsis Navigating Private and Public Healthcare by : Fran Collyer
Download or read book Navigating Private and Public Healthcare written by Fran Collyer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection focuses on the global growth of privatisation and private sector medicine in both developed and lesser developed countries, and the impact of this on patients, health workers, managers and policy-makers. Drawing upon sociological theories, concepts and insights, as well as experts from several countries with extensive experience in researching the field either nationally or internationally, the collection offers a unique perspective on healthcare services and healthcare systems: a view from those trying to access healthcare services, working inside health systems, or responsible for managing and organising services. Collectively, the chapters contribute an international perspective on the navigation of healthcare systems, and addresses the growing salience of ‘choice’ between public and private medicine in a variety of different national systems and contexts.
