Q: Are you worried universal credit is not providing value for money?
Giving money to alleviate poverty, while at the same time enabling it, is not transparent, not accountable, and does not provide value for money.
Two weeks ago, TfL published a review concluding that there was "no evidence to suggest that the process did not provide value for money".
The British Medical Association says the plans will be too big to offer patients continuity of care, and is concerned that they will not provide value for money.
It was criticised for not providing value for money, but was handicapped in that NHS trusts and hospitals were not required to use its services and it was therefore unable to commit to levels of expenditure.
Some are also angry that Burstow's motion justifies the sweeping reforms on the basis that the NHS is not providing value for money for taxpayers and produces poor health outcomes.
After hearings this year, the Quality Contract Scheme board chaired by the traffic commissioner for the north-east said Tyne and Wear's proposals to control bus routes, timetables and fares would improve services, but would not provide value for money.
A spokesman for Severn Trent declined to comment on the revised offer, though the utility had said the previous bid, which valued the company at $7.7 billion, did not provide value for investors.
In the culmination of a bitter, drawn-out battle between the regional authority in Newcastle upon Tyne and private bus firms, an independent board has dismissed a scheme to re-regulate buses, judging that it does not provide value for money and would have a disproportionate impact on bus operators.
The committee said: "The programme is not providing value for money at present... Unless the position on care records system deployments improves appreciably in the very near future (ie within the next six months), the Department of Health should assess the financial case for allowing [hospital] trusts to put forward applications for central funding for alternative systems".
