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by Daniel on 22 Dec, 2008 in
The DWP have sent Alan Cave's traffic light reports through. I'm away for Christmas this week, so I'm not in the best place to analyse them. They're attached as an Excel spreadsheet at the bottom of this story. I'll try and sort out a proper web-happy version of the data in the New Year.
by Daniel on 15 Dec, 2008 in
by Daniel on 27 Nov, 2008 in
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The main criticisms of commissioning included:
by Daniel on 23 Oct, 2008 in
This story in the Financial Times has publicised the recent debate over FND funding in the provider community. I've been tracking this for a couple of weeks now, and have a few thoughts on the matter.
by Daniel on 25 Sep, 2008 in
We've just launched a database of providers and contracts, covering all the contract information that the DWP have published on their website. However, that still leaves a fair bit of information that's missing or outdated. Contract values, their running dates, and any information whatever about Employment Zones and PSL contracts are all missing.
by shankill on 2 Sep, 2008 in
Is there a standard management fee for the delivery of New Deal and or flexible New Deal (as there appears to be more responsibility on the Prime) between Prime Contractors and contractors?
Richard Henderson
by Daniel on 21 Jul, 2008 in
After some prompting, the DWP have finally published the NDDP results from earlier this year here (rtf format).
by Daniel on 4 Jul, 2008 in
We've published the Pathways to Work, NDDP, ESF and fND PQQ results prior to their official announcement on the DWP website. However, the DWP are apparently a bit grumpy about this - their view is that it jumps the gun and that subcontractors and staff in companies will assume results that may still change. Conversely, most providers and subcontractors I speak to say they prefer to find out what's going on as soon as possible.
What do you think? Should we publish future results or not?
by Daniel on 26 Jun, 2008 in
Alan Cave (Delivery Director, DWP)
Alan's speech solidified the vision of DWP as market developers, and reaffirmed their commitment to the black-box approach and payment on outcomes. He sounded a note of caution on Purnell's announcement of the 'right to bid', pointing out that this doesn't give the DWP a 'duty to fund' and that the Treasury would need to approve funding as appropriate.
A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable effect, that is against the interest of the incentive makers. While perverse incentives are equally possible in government-run delivery of services, this article focuses on their application to delivery by third-party providers.
Cherry picking, Creaming and Parking
