Last updated – 29 July 2020 Introduction to the topic Evidence has shown that high-quality early education and childcare can support children’s development and improve their outcomes. The Department for Education funds three entitlements to free early education and childcare in England: By funding the entitlements, the Department for Education aims to support children’s development […]
The Department for Work & Pensions is not doing enough to find out how sanctions affect people on benefits.
Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has reported on HMRC’s 2023-24 accounts.
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 […]
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has made substantial progress with the merger that created it, although some issues remain.
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 […]
Government must reset the HS2 programme successfully to avoid repeating past failures and to maximise value for money.
Gareth Davies uses the NAO’s insights to outline what government needs to do to make public money work harder
AI presents the government with opportunities to transform public services potentially delivering billions of pounds in productivity savings.
This paper sets out how we used instrumental variables to estimate the impact of benefit sanctions on the employment outcomes of sanctioned individuals in the Work Programme – a large welfare-to-work programme for the long-term unemployed.
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, has reported on the DWP’s 2022-23 accounts and has qualified his audit opinion.
An investigation into Verify, the government’s identity verification platform. It examines its performance, costs and benefits.
The St Helena airport’s planned opening date in May 2016 has been postponed as outstanding safety concerns are addressed, potentially adding to the project’s cost and delaying its benefits.
Government is funding thousands of levelling up projects across the UK. But many of these deadlines are unlikely to be met.
The BBC has made progress transferring commissioning, production and journalism outside London, according to a new National Audit Office report.
There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of a new policy to make sure developers protect or improve biodiversity
Capacity and capability issues, including a lack of digital skills, have contributed to delays to government’s Pensions Dashboards Programme.
Our report assesses the government’s progress delivering its ambition to increase rates of walking, wheeling and cycling.
Former UK Atomic Energy Authority employees who transferred to a privatised company spent a decade seeking resolution from government after their pensions fell in value.