Financial audit insights 2025
Winter 2025/26The report will show the impact and value of our financial audit work, and highlight areas of emerging importance for government to focus on.
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Investigation into the MoD’s management of economic crime and misconduct
Winter 2025/26This factual investigation will examine how MoD responds to the risk of economic crime and economic misconduct.
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Tackling harm from drug use in prisons
Winter 2025/26This study will focus on whether the MoJ and the DHSC are taking effective action to reduce harm in prison from illicit drugs.
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Investigation into Access to Work
Winter 2025/26This report will investigate how DWP is addressing challenges in the operation of the Access to Work scheme.
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Unlocking land for housing
Winter 2025/26Our report will examine whether unlocking land is effectively supporting government’s ambitions to build the right homes in the right places.
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Afghanistan resettlement schemes
Winter 2025/26The NAO will examine the Afghanistan resettlement schemes through two publications publishing in September 2025 and February 2026.
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Taxing large businesses
Spring 2026This National Audit Office (NAO) study will examine whether HMRC’s approach to large business tax compliance is delivering value for money.
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Financial resilience of DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries
Spring 2026This report will examine whether DCMS’s sponsored museums and galleries have adequate arrangements in place to ensure financial resilience.
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Affordability of the MoD’s investment plan
Spring 2026This report is an initial assessment of whether the MoD’s capability, goals and commitments set out in the Defence Investment Plan are realistic and deliverable within its forecasted budgets.
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Investigation into the operation of government compensation schemes
Spring 2026This factual review will look at selected time-limited compensation schemes, assessing how eligible claims are processed and paid out.
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Northern Powerhouse Rail
Spring 2026This report will focus on how the Department for Transport (DfT) is setting up the programme for success.
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Investment in research infrastructure
Spring 2026This National Audit Office study will examine how effectively DSIT and UKRI work together to develop and operate research infrastructure.
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Resilience to severe space weather
Spring 2026This study will examine the government’s work to increase the UK’s resilience to the risk of severe space weather.
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Investigation into government’s intervention in British Steel’s Scunthorpe site
Spring 2026This upcoming National Audit Office (NAO) investigation will examine the government’s 2025 intervention in British Steel’s Scunthorpe site.
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Update on government shared services (2026)
Spring 2026This NAO study will assess whether Cabinet Office and clusters are on track to deliver the Shared Service Strategy’s benefits and savings.
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Investigation into shared ownership
Spring 2026This study will investigate how government is ensuring that the shared ownership model is providing access to affordable homes as intended.
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The Nature for Climate Fund
Spring 2026This study will review the extent to which the Nature for Climate Fund programme has achieved its objectives.
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Managing government’s financial investments: the Financial Transaction Control Framework
Spring 2026This study will focus on the strategy, set-up and the application of the Financial Transaction Control Framework.
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Planning for school places
Spring 2026This study will examine DfE’s approach to overseeing a resilient school system in England that can respond to changing pupil demand.
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Sizewell C
Spring 2026The study will support transparency and Parliamentary scrutiny of Sizewell C, and will review DESNZ’s current and future work on the project.