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Author : Stationery Office (Great Britain)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue written by Stationery Office (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215025098
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Impact of the Office of Government Commerce's Initiatives on the Delivery of Major IT-enabled Projects written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central civil government annually spends £2.3 billion on information technology, some 16% of its total procurement budget. This report examines the progress the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has made in improving departments' capacity to deliver successful IT projects and programmes. In particular it looks at the application of the Gateway Review Process, where there is an independent review of projects at critical points; the use of OGC initiatives by departments; and engagement with suppliers.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215025197
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Inheritance Tax written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-07-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of estates liable to inheritance tax has grown in recent years, reflecting the rising value of assets in property, particularly of houses. Following on from a National Audit Office report (HCP 17, session 2004-05; ISBN 0102931550), the Committee's report focuses on the following issues: strengthening compliance checks and enforcing penalties for non-compliance; improving case processing and making the system easier to use, including simplifying forms; and the operation of the tax exemption scheme for heritage assets. A number of conclusions and recommendations are made, including the need to: improve data collection and analysis to examine the tax gap on undeclared or under-valued assets; consider extending regulations on disclosure obligations to inheritance tax avoidance schemes; and to further reduce the number of long-outstanding cases by setting targets and making full use of powers to secure information required. The report also recommends that the Revenue should consider developing a co-ordinated bereavement website, in co-operation with other departments, containing advice and information on dealing with the death of a relative, including filing inheritance tax and probate returns.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215026403
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)
Download or read book HM Customs and Excise Standard Report 2003-04 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-12-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HM Customs and Excise (now part of HM Revenue and Customs) collected £162 billion of gross receipts in 2003-04 in value added tax (VAT) and excise and customs duties from over 1.8 million business traders. The Committee's report examines the NAO standard report on the work of the Department during 2003-04 (contained within the 95th report of the Commissioners of Her Majestys Customs and Excise for 2003-04, published as HCP 119, session 2004-05, ISBN 0102931593 in December 2004). It makes a number of recommendations focusing on work related to the two key revenue streams of VAT (which generates £63.6 billion net) and hydrocarbon oils, mainly on petron and diesel fuel (which provides £12.7 billion and £9.8 billion respectively).
Author : Stationery Office
Publisher : Stationery Office Books (TSO)
ISBN 13 : 9780115008092
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue 2005 written by Stationery Office and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 2006-08-10 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No public library discount on this title
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Journals of the House of Commons written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215024954
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (249 download)
Download or read book PFI: the STEPS Deal written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-14 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report from the Committee of Public Accounts looks at the PFI deal struck between HM Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue, in April 2001, when it transferred the ownership and management of most of their estates to Mapeley, a private sector consortium. The deal was to provide a reduction in costs, particularly in having the ability to vacate up to 60% of the estates, with residual lease costs being borne by Mapeley. The contract was won by Mapeley because it offered a cheaper bid, based on speculative returns from the increases in commercial property values over a 20-year time period, also it believed it would win other business contracts to increase profits. Once the PFI contract was signed the freehold and long-leasehold properties were transferred to a company based in Bermuda. Because of the implications for capital gains tax and a later request from Mapeley for additional money, The Committee makes a number of recommendations on how the contract could have been better handled by the Department.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215025104
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Ministry of Defence written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to deploy troops in key military operations at short notice, the Ministry of Defence employs a system known as the Urgent Operational Requirements. The purpose of this method is to provide speedy and flexible procurement of capabilities, and it has been a major feature of UK recent military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Following on from an NAO report (HCP 1161, session 2003-04, ISBN 0102930589) published in November 2004, the Committee's report focuses on three main issues: the importance of identifying and costing likely Urgent Operational Requirements; improvements to the way the MoD captures data on the process and outcomes, and the scope to apply lessons from Urgent Operational Requirements to the regular procurement programme.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215025074
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Reducing Crime written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Home Office aims to reduce crime by supporting Police Basic Command Disorder Units, as well as 354 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in England and 22 Community Safety Partnerships in Wales. On the basis of evidence from the Home Office, this report examines the effectiveness and administration of these schemes. It finds that the initiatives have contributed to reductions in crime but, because they have not been systematically evaluated, it is not clear how much of a difference they have made. It also concludes that the Partnerships have too great an administrative burden and that the number of Partnerships should be reduced and their funding stream should be simplified.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215024985
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (249 download)
Download or read book Facing Justice written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-16 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, 85 per cent of defendants attended hearings in England and Wales at the dates and times set for them, but those who do not turn up cause distress and inconvenience to victims and witnesses, and waste the time and resources of the courts and other agencies. Criminal justice agencies are not dealing with this situation effectively. For example, only 45 per cent of the 118,000 bail warrants issued in 2002, were executed by the police within three months. The Committee recommends that areas with a poor record for enforcing defendants' attendance should be "named and shamed" by the National Criminal Justice Board. The Board should determine the responsibilities of the different criminal justice agencies at each stage of the criminal justice process. The increased use of stipendiary magistrates should be re-considered by the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215017536
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Difficult Forms written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forms are one of the most frequent ways a citizen interacts with government departments. If a form is badly designed it is likely lead to errors and increase processing costs, also the public is less inclined to believe that progress is being made to a more responsive and accessible service. Based on an NAO report (HC 1145 2002-03 ISBN 0102923604), the Committee took evidence from the Inland Revenue, DES, DWP and Passport Service on the three main issues of: designing user friendly forms; improved administrative efficiency; progress to providing online services. The \are 12 main recommendations.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215024886
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (248 download)
Download or read book The United Kingdom's Civil Space Activities written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report follows-on from a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (HC 359 2003-4 ISBN 0102927391) which examined the Partnership of Departments, Agencies and Research Councils that manages the UK space programme. It concludes that the Partnership does not apply risk management techniques consistently across their programmes, and in particular the Beagle 2 project had large risks that were not explicitly addressed in the appraisals of funding applications. It also finds that cost control is compromised by internal information systems and that the Partnership neither summarises the benefits across space programmes nor monitor progress against strategic objectives.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215025081
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Improving Patient Care by Reducing the Risk of Hospital Acquired Infection written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-23 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best available estimates suggest that annually there are at least 300,000 cases of hospital acquired infection, causing 5,000 deaths and costing the NHS £1 billion. This report follows on from a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General ( HC 876 2003-04, ISBN 0102929157) and examines the progress made by the Department of Health and NHS trusts in reducing the risks. It looks at three main areas: the extent and impact of hospital acquired infection; improving knowledge of and compliance with good infection control practice; improving infection control systems and management processes. The conclusion is that progress has been patchy, with a lack of urgency on several key issues such as ward cleanliness and hand hygiene. Progress has also been hampered by a lack of data, a national mandatory surveillance programme and evidence of the effectiveness of different intervention strategies
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215025135
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Tackling Congestion by Making Better Use of England's Motorways and Trunk Roads written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road congestion is estimated to cost industry and commerce £3 billion a year, with around 7% of the motorway and trunk road network suffering heavy congestion at peak times. Although the Government has set a target to stabilise congestion at 2000 levels by 2010, it has acknowledged that this will not be achieved. This report, which follows-on from a report by the NAO (HC 15 2004-05, ISBN 010293150X), looks at how the Highways Agency is tackling the problem. It concludes that the Agency has been too risk averse in testing and using measures adopted abroad and that they have failed to give motorists the information they need to make choices before and during their journeys.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215023322
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Ofgem written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 2.25 million households in the UK are classified as being in fuel poverty, spending more than 10 per cent of their income on energy to heat their homes. Some consumers get into debt, often through inaccurate estimated bills, and they are then required to use pre-payment meters, even though this is the most expensive way of purchasing energy. Ofgems encouragement of suppliers to recover the cost of installing and using pre-payment meters is found to be inconsistent with its obligations towards vulnerable consumers (in contrast, Ofgem protects rural consumers from paying the higher costs of delivering energy to their homes). The Committee concludes that suppliers should provide accurate bills, should not discriminate against pre-payment meter consumers, and should provide more information to them about the disadvantages of those meters. On the energy efficiency commitment (administered by Ofgem), requiring energy suppliers to meet specific energy saving targets, the Committee queries whether the provision of measures such as cavity wall insulation and low-energy lightbulbs, do actually deliver the energy reduction intended. Ofgem, with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the energy suppliers, should undertake a national campaign to encourage energy efficiency. Clearer explanation of the environmental measures to save energy, and their costs to consumers, is recommended.
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Journals of the House of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appendices accompany vols. 64, 67-71.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215026859
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Department for Education and Skills written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-01-19 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research indicates that children who do not attend school regularly are more likely to leave school with few or no qualifications, and to be drawn into crime and anti-social behaviour. Following on from a NAO report (HCP 212, session 2004-05; ISBN 0102932131) published in February 2005, the Committee's report examines the progress made by the DfES to improve school attendance levels, to identify and tackle absence when it occurs, and to persuade pupils and their parents of the importance of attending school. DfES initiatives intended to address the problem have made progress in reducing total absence levels, although unauthorised absence levels remained static for many years and then increased in 2004-05. The initiatives have also helped reduce the number of permanent exclusions. Conclusions reached include that there is a need for more effective national absence data to inform initiatives, and this can be helped through the introduction of electronic registration systems. The report identifies 10 key practices to help schools manage attendance more effectively and share good practice.
