Tag

Value for Money

Recommendations related to value for money

3 recommendations 67% accepted

Tag overview

Government Response
Accepted (2)
Awaiting Response (1)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 2 inquiries

Across 2 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

3 total
COVID-M5.3 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Emergency Procurement and Distribution Systems

The UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, within 12 months of the publication of this Report, should each have ready systems for the emergency procurement and …

- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of …
Department of Health and…
RHI-20 Accepted RHI Inquiry

Flexible Expenditure Rules

Public expenditure rules should be sufficiently flexible so that false economies can be avoided. In order to deliver a policy objective, Departments should not be required to choose a more …

- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation, noting that public expenditure in Northern Ireland is governed by UK budgeting rules set by …
Department of Finance
RHI-31 Accepted RHI Inquiry

Value for Money Priority

Any imperative to spend a budget within a given timeframe should not be allowed to take precedence over how that budget is used and the longer term benefits and overall …

- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation in full (NI Executive Response to RHI Inquiry, Department of Finance, October 2021). - The …
Northern Ireland Executi…