This Departmental Overview looks at Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and summarises its performance during the year ended March 2016, together with our recent reports on it.
Jump to downloadsThis guide is designed to provide a quick and accessible overview of the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs and focuses in particular on where we believe the Defra’s performance could be improved, using examples from our published work.
It covers:
• The department’s responsibilities and how it spends its money
• Financial management
• Reported performance
• Issues identified in NAO reports
October 2016