Work in progress: Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: The delivery of animal health and welfare services

Study outline

Defra spend over £300 million a year on animal health and welfare. Most of this spending is aimed at preventing major animal disease outbreaks. This study will examine the Department's delivery of animal health services through the Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA). It focuses on the Business Reform Programme, a major ICT-enabled change programme underway at AHVLA designed to make the Agency more efficient and resilient.

This study is part of the NAO's work on cost effective delivery.

Publication schedule

We aim to publish this report in early summer 2012.

Members of the NAO team

Director: Sally Howes

Audit Manager: Linda Mills

Media contact: Phil Groves, Press Office
T: 020 7798 5339
M: 07770 678477

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