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Annual Reports
HEFCE: Universities and higher education (HE) colleges in the UK provided ideas & services worth £2.812Bn in 2007-08 (a rise of 6.5% on the year before), according to the annual Higher Education - Business and Community Interaction Survey. The survey provides a comprehensive look at how HE exchanges knowledge with business & community partners, stimulates innovation, develops human capital & generates new enterprise, to the benefit of businesses, public services and the wider community.
HE is now providing new forms of support (such as internships) and offering lower-charged services for local & community enterprise: these are described as examples in the Universities UK brochure ‘Standing Together’.
Press release ~ The Higher Education - Business and Community Interaction Survey ~ Universities UK - ‘Standing Together’ ~ HEFCE’s Economic Challenge Investment Fund ~ Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) ~ Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) ~ Scottish Funding Council (SFC) ~ Department for Education and Learning (Northern Ireland) (DELNI)
Cabinet Office: Leadership, strategy & delivery in Government departments continue to improve because of Capability Reviews, the Cabinet Secretary has told the annual Audit Commission lecture at HM Treasury. The latest set of results for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Department of Health (DH) and the Department for Transport (DfT) have been published. To build on these results, Sir Gus has unveiled a new strengthened, Capability Review model for the future.
Press release ~ Department of Health (DH): Progress and next steps ~ Department for Transport (DfT): Progress and next steps ~
HO: The annual publication ‘Crime in England and Wales 2008/09’ includes results from the British Crime Survey and crimes recorded by the police for the 12 months up to March 2009.
CCC: The Civil Service Commissioners have published their online annual report for 2008-09. It gives the results of the Commissioner’s new audit of all government departments’ processes for ensuring that their civil servants are aware of the Civil Service Code and understand where to turn if they have concerns they would like to raise under the Code.
The report also details the work of the Commissioners in regulating appointments to the Civil Service and hearing appeals under the Civil Service Code.
CCRC: The Criminal Cases Review Commission has published its Annual Report & Accounts 2008/09, which sets out the Commission’s assessment of its own performance in 2008/9 and makes public the accounts of the organisation which was set up to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice.
The high profile cases of Sean Hodgson and Ian Lawless, whose convictions were quashed in April & June respectively, were both referred to the Court of Appeal by the Commission during 2008/9. They were, however, just two of 39 referrals made to the appeal courts between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2009.
During the year the appeal courts dealt with the cases of 29 people whose convictions or sentences were referred by the Commission. Of those, 22 convictions were quashed or sentences varied while 7 were upheld.
ACOBA: The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has published its annual report, which records the advice the Committee gave on the outside appointments which were taken up in 2008-2009 by former Ministers and senior Crown servants within 2 years of leaving government.
HA: The Highways Agency has published its Annual Report for 2008-09, which shows that the Agency is ‘making journeys safer, delivering better information for road users and using innovative techniques & technology to manage increased network capacity & traffic levels more efficiently, while working to reduce the impact of our major roads on the environment’.
TS: Latest performance figures for the Tribunals Service show that productivity & efficiency levels continue to improve – despite a backdrop of unexpected & increasing workloads across many jurisdictions, including employment; social security & child support; and asylum & immigration appeals.
Moreover, in spite of extra workload pressures the Service was able to reduce its net operating costs by £9m in its third year of operation; a reduction of 3% and on target for its key performance indicator.
NA: The sixth annual report & resource accounts on the work of The National Archives is now available, along with the sixth report of the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives. This publication demonstrates what they have achieved during 2008-2009 and expresses their vision for the future. In a very busy & successful year, they realised a number of key projects and launched a range of new initiatives.
Press release ~ The National Archives ~ Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2008-2009 ~ 1911 Census ~ Cabinet Papers, 1915-1978 ~ Public Sector Information Unlocking Service ~ Proposed new government policy on archives for the 21st century ~ Statute Law Database ~ Plans and priorities in 2009-2010 ~ Embracing the future, preserving our past
Press release ~ The National Archives ~ Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2008-2009 ~ 1911 Census ~ Cabinet Papers, 1915-1978 ~ Public Sector Information Unlocking Service ~ Proposed new government policy on archives for the 21st century ~ Statute Law Database ~ Plans and priorities in 2009-2010 ~ Embracing the future, preserving our past
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