| Title:
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A REVIEW OF THE GATEWAY PROCESS
AND THE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL CLAIMS |
| By: |
Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Audit Office |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0337094683 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780337094682 |
| Publisher: |
TSO |
| Pub. date: |
8 July, 2009 |
| Series: |
Northern Ireland Assembly Papers Session 2008-2009, 175 |
| Pages: |
54 |
| Synopsis: |
The OGC Gateway Review process was developed in Great Britain to improve the delivery of acquisition programmes and procurement projects such as computer systems and big construction projects. Projects are reviewed at five key decision points or 'gateways' in their lifecycle to ensure that they can progress successfully to the next stage. This report examines the operation of Gateway in the Department for Regional Development (DRD). The NIAO estimates that failure to apply Gateway more widely has resulted in a loss of over GBP 10 million in DRD since the introduction of Gateway in Northern Ireland in 2004. Given the planned investment of GBP 6.3 billion over the next ten years, the opportunity to make considerable savings and improve delivery will be lost if more projects are not brought within the scope of Gateway. This report examines how the Department for Regional Development manages the cost of personal injury claims made against the Roads Service. 'Tripping' injuries on roads and footpaths cost the Department GBP 4 million in 2007-08, nearly half of which was for legal costs paid to claimant's solicitors and in-house government advisors.Administrative costs are an additional GBP 1 million a year. The number of new personal injury claims has reduced by half over the last ten years, but the average cost of a successful claim has increased by more than four times the rate of inflation. The reasons for this increase are largely outside the Department's control. |
| Illustrations: |
col. Illustrations, charts |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Stationery Office Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |