This briefing has been prepared for the Communities and Local Government Select Committee to provide an overview of the Department for Communities and Local Government’s financial management in 2009-10 and its structural reform priorities.
Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable
This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
This report establishes the facts on how the government has provided accommodation for rough sleepers during COVID-19.
The National Audit Office today released a report showing the potential for modern methods of construction to provide good quality homes quickly and efficiently. The NAO also provides guidance on identifying and managing the risks associated with modern methods of construction. This work responds to a request from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister […]
This report examines the current care market and the Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing it.
The National Audit Office has today published the results of its investigation into the governance of the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership, following concerns raised by Stephen Barclay MP (North East Cambridgeshire).
This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.
This report examines the performance, implementation, procurement and management of the Green Homes Grant scheme.
This investigation outlines the government’s strategy and objectives for managing land disposals and the progress of several key disposal programmes.
The Building Schools for the Future programme aims to rebuild, refurbish and provide new Information Technology for all 3,500 secondary schools in England by 2020. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) underestimated how long it would take to launch the programme and build the schools, though the speed of delivery has compared well […]
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that 23 per cent (over 14,000 houses) of the family quarters estate held in Great Britain by the Ministry of Defence (the Department) was vacant, costing some £39 milliona year in rent and maintenance. The Executive disposed of nearly 2,000 houses in […]
This briefing has been prepared for the Communities and Local Government Select Committee on the performance of the Department for Communities and Local Government (the Department) in the 2008‑09 financial year and subsequent months to August 2009.
The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
Affordable housing is a priority for local authorities and Government, with £3.3 billion being invested between 2004 and 2006, and further increases planned. Most local authorities believe, however, that they will not meet the need for affordable housing in the next three years. This was the key finding of a study undertaken by the Audit […]
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has made progress in setting up its new programme to release enough public sector land for 160,000 homes by 2020 but the programme has had a relatively slow start.
This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
This interim report provides an overview of test and trace services for addressing COVID-19 in England.