Source · National Audit Office
The Cancellation of the Benefits Payment Card project
Published: 18 Aug 2000
Type: Value for Money
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that the failure to introduce the Benefits Payment Card had cost the Department of Social Security some £127 million in nugatory system development. Delays in the Card programme, which was part of a pioneering Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project designed also to […]