The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs annual report and accounts 2020-2021
Published on:Gareth Davies, the C&AG of the NAO, has reported on the 2020-21 accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Gareth Davies, the C&AG of the NAO, has reported on the 2020-21 accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The information in this guide draws on the findings from our financial audit programme of work and from publicly available sources, including the annual report and accounts of the Department and its bodies
This report examines the government’s approach to investment in research and innovation to deliver net zero.
There has been a substantial reduction in the potential cost to the taxpayer of supporting the transfer of Bulb Energy to a ringfenced supplier under Octopus, but risks remain.
This report looks at how DESNZ is set up for power sector decarbonisation while maintaining security of electricity supply, and affordability.
BEIS worked quickly to introduce financial support for rising energy bills (currently estimated at £69bn), recognising it had to make compromises.
This report gives an overview of the approach taken by the Department for Education (DfE) to environmental sustainability.
This report examines how regulation is contributing towards the delivery of government’s environmental objectives.
2021 was a big year for government’s commitments to the environment. The statutory target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was backed up with a strategy and the Environment Bill gives legal force to nature recovery targets. The challenge now lies in turning targets and strategies into actions that will combat rising […]
This report examines government’s progress in tackling local breaches of NO2 limits and its performance on air quality more broadly.
This report examines the recent exit of energy suppliers from the market and government’s role in managing the exits.
This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.
This report examines if government is achieving its ambition for the public sector to be a leader in decarbonising its activities.
A summary of Defra’s spending in 2019-20, its major areas of activity and performance, and the challenges it is likely to face in the coming year, based on the insights from our financial audit and value for money work.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has reported on the DVLA Trust Statement.
The C&AG has reported on the 2019-20 accounts of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
A summary of the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy, spending in 2019-20, its major areas of activity and performance, and the challenges it is likely to face in the coming year, based on the insights from our financial audit and value for money work.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
“The world is now living through climate change, not watching it draw near” is the stark warning delivered by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), in its sixth assessment report (AR6). In risk speak, high-impact, low-likelihood events will become more likely with higher temperatures. With COP 26 fast approaching and extreme weather events becoming […]
This new report responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to examine local government and net zero.