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About the reviews

The National Audit Office carries out its work at the BBC under the terms of the July 2006 agreement between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the BBC [1] . This agreement requires the BBC Trust to:

• discuss with the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) the possible scope of its audit programme;
• agree with the C&AG the information needed to conduct such a discussion and how it is to be accessed;
• decide upon its VFM programme;
• confirm with the C&AG what studies the NAO will undertake at the BBC, although the Trust cannot compel the C&AG to carry out any study at the BBC.

To date we have completed eight VFM studies at the BBC. All studies under this programme are now reported to the BBC Trust’s Finance and Strategy Committee and subsequently laid before Parliament, together with any response from the BBC Executive and the BBC Trust.

BBC Reviews

13 December 2007: An independent report by the National Audit Office (NAO) on BBC procurement.

• Press Notice (13 December 2007): BBC Trust publishes NAO report on BBC procurement
• Report: BBC procurement

13 November 2007: An independent report by the NAO of the BBC's preparedness for the switchover from analogue to digital television

• Press Notice (13 November 2007): BBC Trust publishes NAO report into 'The BBC's Preparedness for Digital Switchover'
• Report: The BBC's Preparedness for Digital Switchover

21 November 2006: An independent study by the National Audit Office (NAO) has been laid before Parliament by the BBC Board of Governors

Links to the BBC website:

• Press notice (21 November 2006): BBC governors publish independent value for money studies
• Report: The BBC's Management of Risk

 

7 July 2006:  Two independent studies by the National Audit Office (NAO) have been laid before Parliament by the BBC Board of Governors

Links to the BBC website:

• Press notice (7 July 2006): BBC governors publish independent value for money studies
• Report: The BBC's definition of overheads
• Report: BBC Outsourcing - The contract between the BBC and Siemens Business Services for the provision of technology services

 

12 July 2005: Two NAO value for money reviews of the BBC have been laid before Parliament by the BBC Board of Governors

Links to the BBC website:

• Press notice (12 July 2005): BBC publishes independent value for money reviews
• Report: The BBC's White City development - the second phase of the building project
• Report: Public Service Broadcasting - the BBC's performance measurement framework

 

13 July 2004: NAO review of the BBC's investment in Freeview NAO review presented to the BBC Governors' Audit Committee, May 2004, by the Comptroller and Auditor General, and a response to the review from the BBC's Board of Governors (13 July 2004).

Links to BBC's site:

• Press notice (13 July 2004): NAO review of the BBC's investment in Freeview
• Report: The BBC's investment in Freeview

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1. [back] Broadcasting: An Agreement Between Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation, July 2006, Cm 6872