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An Introductory Guide To Children's Social Care Funding (2018 edition)

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Children's services have changed significantly since 2008 when the last edition of this title was prepared. There have been substantial changes to the legislative framework with two new Children's Acts in 2014 and 2017 and guidance changes following the Munro review in 2011. This publication offers an introduction to the subject as well as an understanding of the financial issues affecting the delivery of children's services.

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Managing Risk In The Local Government Pension Scheme (2018 Edition)

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In this publication we examine the basics of risk, risk policy formulation and risk management, and how this applies in the context of the local authority as an administrator of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). We explore how risk manifests itself and how, by using established risk management techniques, those risks can be identified, analysed and managed effectively.

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Scrutinising Public Accounts: A Guide To Government Finances

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This guide provides an overview of the different processes for budgeting and performance reporting in central and local government, health bodies and includes key questions to ask when scrutinising government financial statements using examples based on UK public sector accounts.

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Outcomes And Public Service Delivery (2018 Edition)

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This publication considers outcomes-based approaches, their features and their application. This includes consideration of the various ways in which an outcomes view can be used in areas such as contracting, service development, cost benefit analysis, performance measurement and reporting.

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Police Objective Analysis Estimates (Excel)

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The Police Objective Analysis (POA) is a data collection for analysing individual police authority expenditure. It has been developed to support the need for understandable, accurate and consistent information to allow internal and inter-force comparisons.
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