Our work in this sector focuses heavily on the challenge of
scrutinising a highly complex arrangement of multiple benefits,
often inter related, which are notoriously hard to administer
accurately.
Combined spending on welfare and benefits, which amounts to over
one quarter of all UK government spending, is largely administered
by the Department for Work and Pensions. We audit the annual
financial statements of the Department, and also undertake a range
of value for money examinations across the sector, which alongside
the financial audit also look at more wide ranging issues from
social inclusion to basic project management.