Financial management in the Home Office
Published on:The Home Office has improved the financial management of its core business but strengths at the centre are not being demonstrated in its ‘change programmes’.
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Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs annual accounts 2018-19
Published on:The Comptroller & Auditor General , Gareth Davies, has qualified his opinion on the regularity of HMRC’s 2018-19 Resource Accounts.
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Reorganising central government
Published on:Between May 2005 and June 2009, there were over 90 reorganisations to central government. But a report released today by the National Audit Office has found that these cannot demonstrate value for money, given that most had vague objectives and that costs and benefits were not tracked. The average annual cost of reorganisations is almost […]
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Implementing the Government ICT Strategy: six-month review of progress
Published on:The NAO commends the early progress being made by the Government in implementing its ICT Strategy but has identified areas where progress has not kept pace with the Government’s ambitions.
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Procurement of the M25 private finance contract
Published on:The Highways Agency’s PFI contract to widen the M25 could have been better value for money. The slowness with which it was taken forward resulted in higher financing costs, and the Agency was slow to investigate a potentially cheaper alternative to widening.
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Scams and Fraud
Fraudsters sometimes use the names of National Audit Office (NAO) staff, including the NAO Chair, the head of the NAO the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG), or derivatives of “National Audit Office”, in an attempt to defraud people. They may also use our address on their letters to try and trick you: One e-mail scam […]
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The creation and sale of Northern Rock plc
Published on:The Treasury’s 2009 decision to split Northern Rock in two was reasonable at the time but the final net cost to the taxpayer could be some £2 billion.
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NAO Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report 2016-17
Published on:This report summarises our progress over the second year of the 2015-2018 Diversity & Inclusion strategy. As part of our commitment to the Public Sector Equality Duty we also publish equality data in a separate report.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Financial Management Report 2011
Published on:Despite the fact that the Defra has made improvements in its financial management, the NAO cannot yet conclude that the Department is achieving value for money in its financial management activity.
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Managing the impact of changes in the value of the euro on EU funds
Published on:More could be done to manage the risk of a reduction in the value of EU funds to the UK in the event of a depreciation in the euro.
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Challenges in using data across government
Published on:This report draws together our experience of the main challenges and barriers to better use of data across government.
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The effectiveness of Official Development Assistance expenditure
Published on:This report focuses on what Official Development Assistance spending is achieving in practice.
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Tackling problem debt
Published on:This report aims to evaluate and conclude on HM Treasury’s overall approach to over-indebtedness.
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Department for Transport: Local Authority Major Capital Schemes
Published on:This review examines whether the Department for Transport has in place suitable arrangements to secure value for money from Regional Funding Allocation Programme investment.
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Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England
Published on:This report assesses how well pupils with special educational needs and disabilities are being supported.
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Report of the C&AG on the Department for Work and Pensions Resource Accounts 2008-09
Published on:The head of the National Audit Office, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has today qualified the accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions for the 20th consecutive year. The accounts have been qualified because of the material level of fraud and error in expenditure on state benefits, except for State Pension which has a […]
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Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Progress report December 2011
Published on:The Olympic Delivery Authority remains on course to deliver its work on the Olympic Park successfully. But almost all of the Public Sector Funding Package is likely to be required, with little scope for unforeseen costs to emerge in the eight months left.
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Managing change in the Defence workforce
Published on:The Ministry of Defence, under pressure to make rapid financial savings, is significantly reducing the size of its workforce, by over 54,000 personnel. A report today by the National Audit Office has found that these reductions are happening in advance of the Department’s fully understanding how it will operate with significantly fewer staff.
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Maturity of process management in central government
Published on:The NAO’s assessment of the maturity of process management in central government identifies areas of strength and opportunities to improve.
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The government’s long-term plans to deliver secure, low carbon and affordable electricity
Published on:Investment of £110bn in electricity infrastructure is needed by 2020 to meet increase in demand, to provide back-up capacity, and because of scheduled closure of one fifth of existing capacity.