The shielding programme was a swift government wide response to identify and protect clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people against COVID-19. Our recent report on Protecting and supporting the clinically extremely vulnerable during lockdown, shows how government quickly recognised the need to provide food, medicines and basic care to those CEV people shielding. This had to […]
This report assesses the Home Office’s progress in delivering the National Law Enforcement Data Service programme to replace outdated police ICT systems.
Data analytics has become an integral part of the audit process. And where a few years ago it was an area where we were exploring and creating tactical solutions to problems, today the NAO, like many organisations, has developed a strong capability and is making significant progress towards the widespread adoption of data analytics across […]
The government recently published its new Cyber Security Strategy specifically aimed at building a cyber resilient public sector. Resilience is key in underpinning its vision to make the UK a cyber power in a world increasingly shaped by technologies that offer many benefits but also pose risks. The strategy reiterates that government remains an attractive […]
This report sets out the lessons for government and departments to learn from the experience of implementing digital change.
This report considers the readiness of the government to deliver its ambitions for digital transformation in the NHS in England.
This report examines the Digital Services at the Border programme to assess whether it has delivered value for money.
An investigation into Verify, the government’s identity verification platform. It examines its performance, costs and benefits.
This report examines how effectively the Cabinet Office coordinates the 2016–2021 National Cyber Security Programme.
This report draws together our experience of the main challenges and barriers to better use of data across government.
This report examines whether the government tackles serious and organised crime in an effective and coherent way.
This paper sets out how we used NHS administrative data to compare the characteristics of A&E attendances by mental health service users to those of the rest of the population.
Our Analysis Insights team are experts in using analytical tools and methods to provide audit insights based on evidence.
Our Digital Insights team are experts on digital transformation and technology programmes, with experience in both the public and private sectors.
This paper sets out how we created the interactive data visualisation of our jobcentre journey time model.
Transformation programmes can be highly complicated and risky. This guidance assists those overseeing them by setting out questions committees should ask during set-up, delivery and live-running phases.
This paper sets out how we used Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) to explore measures of A&E departments’ performance and, in particular, their association with measures of bed pressure.
The report examines whether to inform decisions across the BBC, the Corporation efficiently, effectively and economically understands how people use and respond to the full range of its services.
This paper sets out how we used existing data to estimate the impact of our value for money work on stroke care.
This paper sets out how we used instrumental variables to estimate the impact of benefit sanctions on the employment outcomes of sanctioned individuals in the Work Programme – a large welfare-to-work programme for the long-term unemployed.