The NAO challenges government and its private sector contractors to work together more effectively in taxpayers’ interest and address the issues behind the current crisis of confidence in contracting out public services.
This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
This report makes early observations on the progress and risks in upgrading the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down.
This report examines the management of the Cabinet Office-led Get ready for Brexit campaign.
Our study evaluates how far the government has an effective system for measuring progress towards its environmental objectives.
This study examines the government’s support for bus services and whether enablers to improve bus services are in place.
This report examines the implementation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
This report examines projects leaving the Government Major Projects Portfolio, which comprises the biggest and riskiest projects across government
The National Audit Office today released a report showing the potential for modern methods of construction to provide good quality homes quickly and efficiently. The NAO also provides guidance on identifying and managing the risks associated with modern methods of construction. This work responds to a request from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister […]
This investigation is about acquiring land and property for Phase One (London to the West Midlands) of the High Speed 2 programme
This interim report provides an overview of test and trace services for addressing COVID-19 in England.
This report examines whether DfT
and HS2 Ltd have protected value for money so far in their stewardship of HS2.
This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
This report examines the condition and capacity of HM Prison and Probation Service’s prison estate.
This guidance has been developed to help those involved in the process of agreeing targets for Executive Agencies set challenging targets that will help deliver the outcomes and the standard of service delivery the public expect.
Until the government is able to establish effective oversight of the modern slavery system as a whole, it will not be able to significantly reduce the prevalence of modern slavery or show that it is achieving value for money.
This investigation sets out the decision-making process, leading to the July 2017 announcement of the cancellation of three rail electrification projects: the Midland Main Line north of Kettering (to Nottingham and Sheffield); the Great Western Main Line between Cardiff and Swansea; and the Lakes Line between Oxenholme and Windermere.
This report examines the Ministry of Defence’s management of its large and complex infrastructure projects at nuclear-regulated sites.
The Strategic Rail Authority (and, subsequently, the Department for Transport) and Network Rail have successfully turned around the programme to modernise the West Coast Main Line. To date, Network Rail has delivered the new strategy for the line on time, achieving benefits for passengers, including shorter journey times and improved punctuality. Network Rail is likely […]
This report assesses how well Ofwat, Ofgem, Ofcom and the FCA measure and report their performance in protecting consumer interests.