The National Audit Office has today published a report on the International Citizen Service (ICS). The Department for International Development launched the ICS in 2011 to provide volunteer placements overseas for 18-25 year olds and team leader placements for 23-35 year olds.
28 November 2017
Maintaining accurate address records of the 2.6 million Scottish taxpayers remains the biggest risk facing HM Revenue & Customs in ensuring that Scottish income tax is assessed and collected properly.
The National Audit Office has today published a briefing describing how the centre of government is overseeing and taking forward implementation of the UK’s exit from the European Union. The briefing focuses in particular on the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
24 November 2017
The programme to upgrade to the Thameslink routes through London has a realistic prospect of delivering value for money but there remains risks which the Department for Transport and Network Rail need to manage carefully.
The National Audit Office has today published a briefing describing how the centre of government is overseeing and taking forward implementation of the UK’s exit from the European Union. the briefing focuses in particular on the coordination role of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU).
17 November 2017
This National Audit Office briefing gives an overview of government’s approach to improving air quality in the UK. It has been prepared in support of a joint inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee, the Health Committee and the Transport Committee. It examines why air quality matters; the UK’s plan for improving air quality; and risks and success factors for delivery of government’s air quality plans.
16 November 2017
The Environmental Audit Committee requested a review of sustainability within the Ministry of Justice.
Public and private borrowing are high, kept affordable by record low interest rates, and quantitative easing continues ten years after the crisis it responded to.
Equipment cannibalisation in the Royal Navy has doubled in the past 12 years. It can be effective to meet operational needs but can increase costs and create disruption.
This report investigates the NHS’s response to the cyber attack that affected it in May 2017 and the impact on health services.
The MoD’s new regulations for overseeing non-competitive procurement has the potential to save significant sums of money, if implemented properly.
This report provides Parliament with insights on the issues and challenges for government’s management of the border in light of the UK’s planned departure from the European Union.
The Department is exerting stronger oversight and sanctioning under-performing providers but there remain issues to resolve, such as more timely identification of underperformance and ineligible payments.
Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.
The NDA’s fundamental failures in the Magnox contract procurement raise serious questions about its understanding of procurement regulations and its ability to manage large, complex procurements.
The NAO has carried out an investigation into whether government bodies are achieving market value prices from property sales. This investigation looks at a small sample of government property sales of £1 million or less from 2014-15 and 2015-16.
18 September 2017
Homelessness has increased across all measures since 2010, with many local authorities now seeing it as a risk to their financial sustainability.
Schools, especially secondary schools, face real challenges in retaining and developing their teachers. National data suggest progress but mask significant local variation.
The Government has committed £933 million from the Libor Fund, but cannot yet confirm that all the money has been used as intended.
The cost of clinical negligence in trusts is significant and rising fast, placing increasing financial pressure on an already stretched system.