Universal Credit: getting to first payment
Published on:This report examines how the DWP is managing the process of getting to first payment in Universal Credit.
This report examines how the DWP is managing the process of getting to first payment in Universal Credit.
HM Treasury and HMRC do not keep track of tax reliefs intended to change behaviour, or adequately report to Parliament on whether tax reliefs work as expected.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
Universal Credit plans were driven by an ambitious timescale, and this led to the adoption of a new approach. The programme suffered from weak management and ineffective control.
Older ICT systems critical for the delivery of key public services (‘legacy ICT’) expose departments to risks which must be understood and managed.
This commentary, on the first set of Work Programme data, has been produced for the Committee of Public Accounts.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has reported on the 2018-19 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Government has given less attention to grants than to other policy funding mechanisms, despite grant funding being higher in value, making up 41 per cent (£292 billion) of its total expenditure.
This report examines the progress the government has made in developing specialist skills in the civil service.
The DWP has simplified the way it administers child maintenance and is approaching expected levels of performance. But overall objectives might be at risk if the number of people using family-based arrangements does not increase.
This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
This report assesses the Home Office’s progress in delivering the National Law Enforcement Data Service programme to replace outdated police ICT systems.
Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, has today qualified the accounts of the Youth Justice Board (YJB).
In March 2013, the Minister for Consumer Affairs, along with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, confirmed in a statement in the House of Commons that the government has drawn on our analysis as it develops a new regulatory regime for consumer credit markets.
This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.
The Comptroller and Auditor General, has published his audit opinion on the 2011-12 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
In this report, we assess whether NHS England managed the PCSE contract with Capita effectively to secure the intended benefits
This report examines the recent exit of energy suppliers from the market and government’s role in managing the exits.