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Efficiency

Our work on efficiency is of interest to many different groups, including public sector bodies that want to become more efficient and Members of Parliament and others who want to know how efficiently money is spent and whether claims of efficiency improvement are robust.

The NAO Efficiency products can help you generate efficiency, share efficiency experience and test efficiency - using the methodology we have developed to test the savings reported since the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review.

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Guidance on this topic

A selection of our publications providing help and advice on this topic:

Reporting value for money savings

2011

We have published good practice for accurate public reporting of savings in Appendix 2 of The Efficiency and Reform Group’s role in improving public sector value for money. 

This guidance has been developed from our examinations of the savings programmes in the 2004 and 2007 Spending Review periods.

Good practice for accurate public reporting of savings (see Appendix 2, p.35) - PDF, 244KB

Maturity of process management in central government

2010

The NAO’s assessment of the maturity of process management in central government identifies areas of strength and opportunities to improve.

Property Asset Management Capability Assessment Model

2009

This is a tool that assesses an organisation’s capability to manage its strategic property assets. It guides the user to make an evidence based judgement of whether good practice is being demonstrated across the necessary processes and enablers for property asset management. It can be found on OCG’s website.

Efficiency Toolkit

2007

The Efficiency Toolkit has been withdrawn from the NAO website. You may be interested in our short guide to structured cost reduction. It highlights key issues for public bodies to consider in facing the challenge of adopting a more structured approach to cost reduction.

If you would like to refer to the Efficiency Toolkit for historical reasons The National Archives holds an archived copy

Process Management Network

The Process Management Network is a community hosted by the National Audit Office and open to anyone working in the public sector.

Find out more here