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  1. AI auditing tool

    Insight Opinion

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    We have co-produced a practical AI auditing catalogue and tool to support the assurance of AI in government.

  3. Improving government data: A guide for senior leaders

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This guide is aimed at accounting officers, chief executives, director
    generals, directors and chief operating officers and people responsible for government services.

  5. Government Shared Services

    Report Value for money

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    The Government has made progress delivering its latest strategy to share back-office services across Whitehall departments in the past year, but remaining barriers will need to be addressed for it to deliver its plans by 2028 and achieve value for money, according to the National Audit Office.

  6. Better data means better services – so how can government get there?

    Insight Opinion

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    The shielding programme was a swift government wide response to identify and protect clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people against COVID-19. Our recent report on Protecting and supporting the clinically extremely vulnerable during lockdown, shows how government quickly recognised the need to provide food, medicines and basic care to those CEV people shielding. This had to […]

  8. Digital Insights team

    Our Digital Insights team are experts on digital transformation and technology programmes, with experience in both the public and private sectors.

  9. Challenges in using data across government

    Insight Good practice guides

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    This report draws together our experience of the main challenges and barriers to better use of data across government.

  10. COVID-19 cost tracker

    Overview Interactive visualisation

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    Our interactive tool brings together data from across the UK government on its costs in response to the pandemic.

  12. Managing the student loans system

    Work in progress

    Spring 2027

    This report will assess how well government is managing key value for money risks across the student loans system

  14. FOI request and disclosure log 2026

    Go back to FOI request and disclosure log overview Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) requests made to the NAO between January and April 2026 are below. You can also download this 2026 disclosure log (xlsx – 15 KB) FOI request and associated documents Received Category Subject Disclosure status Exemption(s) applied FOI-1894 (pdf […]

  15. Update on government shared services

    Report Value for money

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    Government efforts to pool ‘back office’ functions into a central, shared services structure are still facing uncertainty and delay.

  16. Right data, right place, right time

    Insight Opinion

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    Have you ever had the frustration of having to provide the same information about yourself to different government services? Have you ever had to make decisions without information about what does and doesn’t work? Data is fundamental to delivering public services, improving systems and processes, and supporting sound decisions – but accessing accurate data is […]

  18. Using data analytics to tackle fraud and error

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines how well placed government is to seize the opportunity offered by data analytics technologies to tackle fraud and error.

  19. Delivering more productive public services

    Insight Opinion

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    Our aim is to bring together insights from across our audit work and share practical lessons on achieving productivity improvements.