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  1. Department for Education 2023-24

    Overview Departmental overview

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    This report summarises the key information and insights that can be gained from our examinations of the Department for Education for 2023-24.

  2. Department for Work & Pensions 2023-24

    Overview Departmental overview

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    The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the delivery of welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. It aims to improve people’s day-to-day lives and help them build financial resilience and a more secure and prosperous future. DWP spent nearly £276 billion in 2023-24 to deliver welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. This […]

  3. Ministry of Defence 2023-24

    Overview Departmental overview

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    This report has been produced to provide an introduction to MoD and the NAO’s examination of its spending and performance.

  4. FCDO’s overseas estate

    Work in progress

    Spring 2025

    Background The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) manages an overseas estate of over 6,000 properties in nearly 180 countries and territories. This includes around 450 Embassy, High Commission, Consulate or office buildings, and 4,200 staff housing units. The overseas estate is shared by other UK government departments with an overseas presence and is supported […]

  5. Guidance for audit committees on cloud services

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guide outlines cloud services and their use in government, and suggests questions to ask at assessment, implementation and management stages.

  6. Investigation into military support for Ukraine

    Report Value for money

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    89% of Ukrainian troops trained this year by the British Army under Operation Interflex felt better equipped to survive on the battlefield.

  7. Investigation into St Helena Airport

    Work in progress

    Winter 2024/25

    Background St Helena island is a self-governing UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a population of around 4,250. The Department for International Development (now part of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office – FCDO) provided the St Helena government with £285.5 million to design, build and operate an airport and related infrastructure. It […]

  8. Lessons learned: Private finance for infrastructure

    Work in progress

    Spring 2025

    Background In July 2024, the new government’s legislative programme signalled the aim to grow the economy and promote a new partnership with the private sector including using private finance to deliver infrastructure projects. Scope We have reported to successive Parliaments on the value for money of using private finance to deliver infrastructure projects. This study […]

  9. HM Revenue and Customs Accounts 2023-24

    Report Financial audit

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    Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has reported on HMRC’s 2023-24 accounts.

  10. Making public money work harder

    Insight Lessons learned

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    We have used our insights to highlight the biggest opportunities for spending public money more efficiently and effectively.

  11. Energy bills support: an update

    Work in progress

    Autumn 2024

    This will be a follow-up to our 2023 report, which will include the total costs of each of the energy bills support schemes.