First Report of the Public Accounts Committee of the Forty-sixth Parliament
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Public Accounts Committee
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13: 9780724061952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Public Accounts Committee
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13: 9780724061952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Public Accounts Committee
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780724067596
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Public Accounts Committee
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 8
ISBN-13: 9780724048465
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Public Accounts Committee
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 7
ISBN-13: 9780724013838
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: South Australia. Parliament. House of Assembly. Public Accounts Committee
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 31
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 0215085779
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report summarises the key areas of the Committee's work over the past five years. It draws out the areas where progress has been made and where their successors might wish to press in future. The Committee has assiduously followed the taxpayer's pound wherever it was spent. Since 2010 they held 276 evidence sessions and published 244 unanimous reports to hold government to account for its performance. 88% of their recommendations were accepted by departments. In many cases they successfully secured substantial changes, for example with the once secret tax avoidance industry. They secured consensus from government and from industry that private providers of public services do have a duty of care to the taxpayer, and in pushing the protection of whistleblowers further up the agenda of all government departments. By drawing attention to mistakes in the Department for Transport's procurement of the West Coast Mainline, more recent procurements for Crossrail, Thameslink and Intercity Express have all benefited from more expert advice and a more appropriate level of challenge from senior staff. After discovery in 2012-13 that 63% of calls to government call centres were to higher rate telephone numbers, the Government accepted our recommendation that telephone lines serving vulnerable and low income groups never be charged above the geographic rate and that 03 numbers should be available for all government telephone lines. They also secured a commitment to close large mental health hospitals.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2011-09-23
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780215561572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report examines the first year of implementation of the MPs' expenses scheme, and proposals for improving service levels in the future. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was established in the wake of the 2009 crisis in public confidence on MPs' expenses. IPSA established itself quickly and introduced a functioning expenses system on time in May 2010. Since then, IPSA has also been paying the salaries of MPs and their staff. Expenses have been paid within the rules, and MPs have been reimbursed accurately. In 2010-11, IPSA paid out over £118 million in total, comprising £98.6 million in salaries for MPs and their staff, and £19.5 million in MPs' expenses. IPSA assesses that 99.7% of all claims made by MPs are within the rules it has set. But its expenses scheme is expensive to administer and is not yet demonstrating value for money. Overall, 38% of claims submitted in 2010-11 were for less than the average cost IPSA incurs to process them. The Committee is also concerned about the lack of clear, easily accessible guidance for MPs and their staff, and the cumbersome nature of some processes, such as payment card reconciliation. There are two remaining issues which IPSA needs to address. Public confidence could be improved further if IPSA made clearer public statements about approved claims being wholly within the rules. And salaries should be separated from true expenses.
Author: New South Wales. Parliament
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 1052
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes various departmental reports and reports of commissions. Cf. Gregory. Serial publications of foreign governments, 1815-1931.
Author: United States. Congress
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Published: 1952
Total Pages: 1414
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)