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 to provide an overview of the Department for Communities and Local Government’s financial management in 2009-10 and its structural reform priorities.
By creating complex shared services over-tailored to individual departments, government has increased costs rather than made savings.
This investigation outlines the government’s strategy and objectives for managing land disposals and the progress of several key disposal programmes.
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.
The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
This interim report provides an overview of test and trace services for addressing COVID-19 in England.
The implementation of a project to create a centre to streamline back-office functions for the seven research councils has so far not been good value for money and there is a risk that the councils may not recover their investment.
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.
Until the government is able to establish effective oversight of the modern slavery system as a whole, it will not be able to significantly reduce the prevalence of modern slavery or show that it is achieving value for money.
This paper is the result of research undertaken in June 2009 in response to a House of Commons Defence Select Committee request that the NAO identify the views of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) about the Government’s Comprehensive Approach.
This study examines the government’s support for bus services and whether enablers to improve bus services are in place.
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).
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that contracts agreed by the Home Office in 2000-01 to provide accommodation for asylum seekers have not always proved value for money. The Home Office’s National Asylum Support Service provides accommodation for asylum seekers who are destitute, or likely to become destitute, while their […]
This report reviews developments in the sector and examines whether the Department, along with other departments with responsibility for local services, understands the impact of funding reductions on the financial and service sustainability of local authorities.
This paper has been prepared for the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee to support their inquiry on Private Finance.
This report assesses how well pupils with special educational needs and disabilities are being supported.
The NAO have investigated concerns that online sellers outside the EU are avoiding charging VAT.
IPSA’s scheme for MPs’ expenses is safeguarding public money but IPSA has not had enough regard to the effect of the scheme on MPs’ work.
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.