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Annual Reports
PC&PE: The Government has failed to respond adequately to public concern over dog attacks & poor dog welfare, warns the cross-party Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee.
The Government must ensure that the dog breeders do more to stop poor breeding practices, including of pedigree dogs. Legislation must be amended urgently to protect the public from dangerous dogs.
The Government must ensure that the dog breeders do more to stop poor breeding practices, including of pedigree dogs. Legislation must be amended urgently to protect the public from dangerous dogs.
ONS: Unpaid carers for the sick, disabled & increasingly elderly in England & Wales have grown by 600,000 since 2001 to reach approximately 5.8m. The study stresses that the provision of unpaid care is an important social policy issue because it not only makes a vital contribution to the supply of care, but it can also affect the employment opportunities and social & leisure activities of those providing it.
PC&PE: The Public Accounts Committee has published its report which, on the basis of evidence from HM Treasury, examined its role & activities, including taxpayer support to the banks.
The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the CPA, recently said: “The Treasury acts as both the finance ministry and economic ministry. But it appears to neglect its role as finance ministry. Its own accounts are impenetrable and this committee keeps seeing instances of poor decision making by departments, which the Treasury could and should have prevented”.
The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the CPA, recently said: “The Treasury acts as both the finance ministry and economic ministry. But it appears to neglect its role as finance ministry. Its own accounts are impenetrable and this committee keeps seeing instances of poor decision making by departments, which the Treasury could and should have prevented”.
PC&PE: The Public Accounts Committee publishes its 29th Report of this Session Tax Trade, Future Capital Partners and Ingenious Media on marketed tax avoidance schemes.
CIPD: Employment will continue to grow in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development / SuccessFactors Labour Market Outlook report.
Its key indicator is the net employment balance, which measures the difference between the proportion of employers that intend to increase total staffing levels and those that intend to decrease total staffing levels.
DWP: Figures released recently show the vast majority of parents using the Child Support Agency who are paying towards their children has jumped in recent years – and now stands at 79.5%.
AS: The Scottish Government and health boards must improve the management & scrutiny of NHS waiting lists to assure patients that they are being treated fairly. Key aspects of the current systems are inadequate and insufficient information is recorded in patient records.
WAO: ‘Welsh public bodies are spending less on consultants, but cannot demonstrate value for money in how they plan, obtain and manage consultancy services’, says a report published last week by the Auditor General for Wales.
The report identifies potential efficiency savings of more than £23m if all public bodies were to follow good practice.
The report identifies potential efficiency savings of more than £23m if all public bodies were to follow good practice.
PC&PE: The Public Accounts Committee has published its report examining the performance of the Work Programme. The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the CPA, said: "The Work Programme is absolutely crucial for helping people, especially the most vulnerable, get into and stay in work.
"However its performance so far has been extremely poor. The first set of data on job outcomes shows that between June 2011 and July 2012, only 3.6% of people referred to the Work Programme moved off benefit and into work, less than a third of the target of 11.9%”. ………….. "The Department must hold failing providers to account, as well as ensuring that good practice is identified and shared”.
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