Third Party project reviews
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53 records found
| Date | Review title | Source | Quote | Project name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2023-01-01 | The Court Reform Programme – progress review | NAO | Work in progress - due Winter 2022/23. | HMCTS Reform |
2021-09-10 | The National Law Enforcement Data Programme | NAO | The Home Office’s delay in introducing the NLED Service is putting police access to information at risk. | National Law Enforcement Data Programme |
2021-09-08 | Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme | NAO | An overly complex scheme that could not be delivered in the time available. | Green Homes Vouchers Programme |
2021-07-09 | Crossrail – a progress update | NAO | “There are now encouraging signs that Crossrail is in a more stable position." | Crossrail Programme |
2021-03-14 | Obsolescent and outgunned: the British Army’s armoured vehicle capability | DefC | ".. a woeful story of bureaucratic procrastination, military indecision, financial mismanagement and general ineptitude" | Armour Main Battle Tank |
2021-03-12 | Digital Services at the Border | PAC | "The Home Office has presided over a litany of failure in nearly 20 years of non-delivery of digital border programmes .." | Digital Services at the Border (DSaB) |
2020-12-09 | Digital Services at the Border | NAO | "The Home Office lacked appropriate oversight, leadership and governance to ensure that progress was made and to manage the programme risks effectively." | Digital Services at the Border (DSaB) |
2020-10-01 | Progress report: Terminating the Magnox contract | NAO | None | Magnox and RSRL PBO Competition |
2020-07-10 | Universal Credit: getting to first payment | NAO | "The DWP has reduced the cost of administering each claim, but it is still not certain that Universal Credit will be cheaper to administer than the benefits it has replaced." | Universal Credit Programme |
2020-07-03 | Asylum accommodation and support | NAO | " .. the Department has shown that it has learned from the COMPASS contract and has laid the foundations for a better service." | Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation (AAST) |
2020-06-26 | Carrier Strike – Preparing for deployment | NAO | "The new airborne radar system (Crowsnest) – which is a key part of Carrier Strike’s protection – is 18 months late. This will affect Carrier Strike’s capabilities for its first two years of operation." | CROWSNEST programme |
2020-06-26 | Carrier Strike – Preparing for deployment | NAO | "The Department has conducted successful sea trials and is working closely with the US to be ready for its first joint deployment in 2021." | Queen Elizabeth Programme |
2020-06-19 | Investigation into remediating dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings | NAO | “ ... to ensure that residents of high-rise residential buildings are safe, and feel safe from the risk of fire, now and in the future.” | Grenfell Site and Programme |
2020-06-19 | Investigation into remediating dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings | NAO | “ ... to ensure that residents of high-rise residential buildings are safe, and feel safe from the risk of fire, now and in the future.” | Building Safety Programme - ACM Remediation |
2020-06-19 | Investigation into remediating dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings | NAO | “ ... to ensure that residents of high-rise residential buildings are safe, and feel safe from the risk of fire, now and in the future.” | Building Safety Programme - Non-ACM Remediation |
2020-05-13 | Defence Nuclear Infrastructure | PAC | "the Department has repeated past mistakes, and has failed to learn lessons from elsewhere." | Core Production Capability |
2020-03-06 | Universal Credit: getting it to work better | IfG | "the issue of historical debt could damage Universal Credit’s reputation further" | Universal Credit Programme |
2020-01-24 | High Speed Two: A progress update | NAO | Report raises concerns re project costs. | High Speed Rail Programme (HS2) |
2020-01-17 | Carillion’s failed hospitals show need for outsourcing reform | IfG | None | Renewing the Royal Liverpool University Hospital |
2020-01-17 | Carillion’s failed hospitals show need for outsourcing reform | IfG | None | Midland Metropolitan Hospital Project |
2020-01-17 | Investigation into the rescue of Carillion’s PFI hospital contracts | NAO | Now due to open 2022 instead of 2017. | Renewing the Royal Liverpool University Hospital |
2020-01-17 | Investigation into the rescue of Carillion’s PFI hospital contracts | NAO | Now due to open in 2022 instead of 2018. | Midland Metropolitan Hospital Project |
2020-01-10 | Managing infrastructure projects on nuclear-regulated sites | NAO | "Similar challenges arose for the MoD in the 1980s and 1990s" | Core Production Capability |
2019-09-13 | Transforming courts and tribunals: a progress update | NAO | “HMCTS has made good progress in reforming some services, but it is behind where it expected to be and has had to scale back its ambitions." | HMCTS Reform |
2019-07-19 | Completing Crossrail | PAC | ".. the Department still does not appear to have got a grip on the problem." | Crossrail Programme |
2019-06-19 | Military Homes | PAC | "Levels of satisfaction with housing .. remain far too low and are a continuing risk to retention rates among service personnel." | Armed Forces People Programme |
2019-05-08 | Accessing public services through the Government’s Verify digital system | PAC | " .. expectations were over-optimistic from the start, key targets have been badly missed and results simply not delivered." | GOV.UK Verify |
2019-05-03 | Completing Crossrail | NAO | " .. problems started to emerge on the programme from 2015." | Crossrail Programme |
2019-05-03 | Transforming rehabilitation: progress review | PAC | "Inexcusably, probation services have been left in a worse position than they were in before the Ministry embarked on its reforms." | Rehabilitation Programme |
2019-05-01 | Disclosure and Barring Service: progress review | PAC | "Efforts to modernise the DBS are a further example of contracting failure within the Home Office." | Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Programme |
2019-04-03 | Crossrail: progress review | PAC | "The Department and Crossrail Ltd are unable to fully explain how the programme has been allowed to unravel." | Crossrail Programme |
2019-03-05 | Investigation into Verify | NAO | "Verify is also an example of many of the failings in major programmes that we often see, including optimism bias and failure to set clear objectives." | GOV.UK Verify |
2018-10-06 | Universal Credit | PAC | "The introduction of Universal Credit is causing unacceptable hardship and difficulties for many of the claimants it was designed to help." | Universal Credit Programme |
2018-09-21 | Ministry of Defence nuclear programme | PAC | The scale, interdependencies and complexities of the Nuclear Enterprise create timetable risks across programmes. | Submarine Enterprise Performance Programme |
2018-09-13 | Investigation into land and property acquisition for HS2 | NAO | None | High Speed Rail Programme (HS2) |
2018-06-15 | Rolling out Universal Credit | NAO | " .. the project is not value for money now, and its future value for money is unproven."
| Universal Credit Programme |
2018-05-25 | Modernising the Disclosure and Barring Service | PAC | " .. another example of a Home Office project marred by poor planning and contracting, delays, spiralling costs, and a failure to understand what service users want." | Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Programme |
2018-05-22 | The Defence Nuclear Enterprise: a landscape review | NAO | The Department has introduced new ways of working with its contractors to try to address historic poor performance. | Submarine Enterprise Performance Programme |
2018-05-16 | Carillion | WPC | a story of recklessness, hubris and greed | Renewing the Royal Liverpool University Hospital |
2018-05-16 | Carillion | WPC | a story of recklessness, hubris and greed | Midland Metropolitan Hospital Project |
2018-05-09 | Early progress in transforming courts and tribunals | NAO | “Modernising the justice system is an ambitious challenge. HMCTS has improved its approach, but overall it is behind where it expected to be and significant risks remain." | HMCTS Reform |
2018-03-21 | Government contracts for Community Rehabilitation Companies | PAC | "The Ministry urgently needs to make sure CRCs improve the quality of the services they provide" | Rehabilitation Programme |
2018-02-01 | Investigation into the Disclosure and Barring Service | NAO | "Modernisation of DBS is currently running over three and a half years late." | Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Programme |
2017-12-18 | Unclear for take-off? F-35 Procurement | DefC | "the most expensive international defence procurement programme in history" | Lightning II Programme |
2017-03-16 | Delivering Carrier Strike | NAO | “The Department has made good progress and clear plans to achieve an initial Carrier Strike operating capability by December 2020, but it still has a lot to do as it brings together the equipment, trained crews, infrastructure and support." | Queen Elizabeth Programme |
2016-09-14 | Protecting information across government | NAO | "the system is three years late and not on track to deliver the £308 million of
anticipated benefits" | Foxhound Programme |
2016-09-06 | Universal Credit: From disaster to recovery? | IfG | "looks at the failure and potential recovery of Universal Credit" | Universal Credit Programme |
2016-06-28 | Progress with preparations for High Speed 2 | NAO | None | High Speed Rail Programme (HS2) |
2014-01-24 | Crossrail | NAO | "Crossrail Ltd .. remains confident that it will meet the planned delivery date." | Crossrail Programme |
2014-01-10 | COMPASS contracts for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers | NAO | "delays to transition and continued uncertainty for asylum seekers" | Asylum Support Services (COMPASS) |
2013-05-16 | High Speed 2: A review of early programme preparation | NAO | None | High Speed Rail Programme (HS2) |
2013-05-10 | Carrier Strike: The 2012 reversion decision | NAO | "The MOD acted promptly to revert to the decision to buy the vertical take-off version of the Joint Strike Fighter but will have to manage significant risks." | Queen Elizabeth Programme |
2010-12-20 | The lessons of the A400M experience | DefC | "the most important A400M lesson may be to work to run collaborative projects better and not expect to be able to avoid them." | A400M |
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