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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ publishes independent value for money reviews


Category: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

Date: 12.07.2005
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Board of Governors has today laid before Parliament four independent reports commissioned by the Audit Committee, undertaken by a range of external agencies as part of its programme of value for money reviews.

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The reports are:

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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's White City development: the second phase of the building project

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Public Service Broadcasting: the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's performance measurement framework

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Credit Management Operations

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Property: LST Partnership arrangements

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The reviews were conducted by the National Audit Office, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.

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The reviews are published by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ today and include responses from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ management and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Governors.

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Jeremy Peat, Chairman of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Audit Committee, said: "The Board of Governors is responsible for ensuring licence payers' money is invested wisely. The value for money programme of work is providing us with important independent views on whether the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is achieving best value for the public.

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"We are pleased the reviews published today conclude that, on the whole, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is achieving value for money in these key areas of activity."

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Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, said: "I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the programme of value for money reviews which has been commissioned by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Governors' Audit Committee.

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"These are providing Parliament with a fresh insight into how the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is spending public money and I look forward to continue assisting the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ."

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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's White City development: the second phase of the building project (NAO)

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The review concluded that the new buildings at White City were delivered on time and within budget, and achieved important aspects of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's property strategy.

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It makes recommendations for future projects, and highlights that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is not using White City's full potential. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has since taken action to improve this.

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The Board of Governors supports the recommendations and welcomes the NAO's acknowledgement of the positive outcomes achieved by the development.

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Public Service Broadcasting: the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's performance measurement framework (NAO)

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The review praises the direction being taken by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in this area. The NAO reported that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has made good progress in developing a performance measurement framework.

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Important building blocks are in place: the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has identified performance measures, data collection is underway and performance is being reported to Senior Management and the Board of Governors. There is evidence that the framework is beginning to influence thinking.

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The Governors welcome the review's confirmation of the framework as a rigorous and appropriate method to assess the delivery of public value. They recognise that there is further work to be done and the framework is still evolving.

The report is informing work on the Public Value Test.

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Credit Management Operations (PwC)

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PricewaterhouseCoopers reported that current arrangements are effective. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has demonstrated continuous improvement over the past two years; however, there are further opportunities for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to enhance the value for money derived from its credit management operations.

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The Board of Governors welcomes this conclusion and recognises that further improvements can be made, particularly in the area of consistency of standards.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Property: LST Partnership arrangements (Ernst & Young)

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The review is written in two parts, with the second part written after the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ renegotiated its partnership with LST.

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The initial report concluded that the partnership offered the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ an innovative solution to realising its property vision and delivered a number of major benefits.

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The report also noted that whilst reasonable value for money was being achieved in core services, the partnership had not evolved as expected and hence maximum value was not being achieved.

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In the second part of their review, Ernst & Young support the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's revised partnership arrangements with LST, which address issues raised in their original report.

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The Board of Governors welcomes the conclusions of the report and is pleased that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has negotiated a new deal with LST with a positive outcome.

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Notes to Editors

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The four value for money reviews are available online at bbcgovernors.co.uk

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In 2003, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and the Government agreed an evolution in the Governors' oversight of value for money. As a result, the Governors' Audit Committee, in dialogue with the Comptroller General and Auditor General - the head of the National Audit Office (NAO) - has established a programme of independent value for money reviews. The reviews are undertaken by the NAO or other external agencies.

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This is enshrined in the 2003 amendment to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Agreement with the Secretary of State.

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All studies under this programme performed by external agencies, including the NAO, are reported to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Governors and subsequently laid before Parliament by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ together with a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ response.

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The programme builds on the existing internal value for money assessments performed by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Internal Audit and divisional management.

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The programme of reviews by the NAO until the end of the current Charter in 2006, agreed by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Audit Committee and the NAO's Comptroller and Auditor General, is:

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- Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's investment in Freeview (published July 2004)

- Measures of public service broadcasting (published July 2005)

- The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's White City development: the second phase of the building project. (published July 2005)

- Overhead definitions

- Outsourcing arrangements

- Risk management processes

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Two reviews by other agencies (PwC and Ernst & Young) are published today. A further programme of reviews, to be conducted by other agencies, has yet to be determined by the Audit Committee and the NAO.


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