Implementing employment support schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
This report examines the implementation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
Improving Broadband
This report considers what the Superfast Broadband Programme has delivered and the lessons for government’s roll-out of nationwide gigabit broadband.
Investigation into the Bounce Back Loan Scheme
This investigation describes the scheme’s purpose and how it functions, performance to date, and how government manages value-for-money risks.
Improving local bus services in England outside London
This study examines the government’s support for bus services and whether enablers to improve bus services are in place.
Progress report: Terminating the Magnox contract
This report examines the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s management of the renegotiated contract in place with Cavendish Fluor Partnership.
Investigation into how government increased the number of ventilators available to the NHS in response to COVID-19
This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
The production and distribution of cash
This report examines the role played by the public bodies involved in operating and overseeing the cash system.
Financial sustainability of colleges in England
This report focuses on the financial sustainability of further education and sixth-form colleges.
NAO responds to the publication of the Redmond Review
Responding to the publication of the Redmond Review into the Oversight of Local Audit and the Transparency of Local Authority Financial Reporting, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said: “Robust local audit is vital to ensuring there is accountability in how public money is spent. The concerns raised by the Redmond Review about the fragmentation … Read more
Childhood obesity
This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.