This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
This report assesses whether the apprenticeships programme is providing value for money.
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.
Government investment in science requires strategic vision and clear information so that it can ensure the UK is investing in the right areas. Our report is accompanied by an Evaluative Framework to guide effective cross-government coordination.
This report examines the progress made by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Competition and Markets Authority, and National Trading Standards in building the UK’s legal framework and capacity and capability in consumer protection, competition and state aid.
The National Audit Office has today published its report on the progress made by the Charity Commission. The Commission is the regulator of charities in England and Wales and is an independent, non-ministerial government department accountable to Parliament.
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This report examines whether the British Business Bank is improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises.
This report examines the effectiveness of regulations to ensure that food is safe and is what it says it is.
This report assesses the scheme’s performance against its objectives, its management, and plans for the future of the scheme.
This report sets out the history of Contracts for Difference and how the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy designed the 2017 auction, including the changes it made to the rules related to the capacity cap, and the impact these changes had.
This memorandum focuses on the design, operation and oversight of the Home Office’s contract with G4S to run Brook House.
Find the NAO’s reports, insights and overviews by government department or other public body.
This report aims to evaluate and conclude on HM Treasury’s overall approach to over-indebtedness.
Using ten case studies from our work over the last 18 months, this overview identifies the main things that government departments need to look out for as they develop commercial relationships with their suppliers.
This report examines the condition and capacity of HM Prison and Probation Service’s prison estate.
This report examines whether DfT and HS2 Ltd have protected value for money so far in their stewardship of HS2.
We investigated the performance of the MoD’s military flying training system
This report examines the causes of the cost increases and delays to the Crossrail programme.
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is a scheme to encourage a switch from fossil fuel heating systems to renewable and low-carbon alternatives in homes and business premises in Great Britain. Our report assesses the value for money of the RHI for Great Britain.
This investigation examines the extent to which departments have used consultants in
their work to prepare for exiting the EU.