Capability in the Civil Service
Published on:Government has gaps in its capability and must do more to develop the skills needed. It is making plans, but the scale of the challenge means greater urgency is needed.
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Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union: The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published on:The report focuses on how the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is preparing to exit from the EU. It is part of a series of NAO briefings on the key bodies in the centre of government and the major spending departments that have to deliver Exit programmes.
20 December 2017
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The UK Border
Published on:This report provides Parliament with insights on the issues and challenges for government’s management of the border in light of the UK’s planned departure from the European Union.
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Core skills at HM Revenue and Customs
Published on:HM Revenue and Customs will have to make sure its staff have the right skills if the Department is to succeed in cutting its running costs by 25 per cent by 2014-2015 and bringing in each year an extra £7 billion of tax revenue.
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The 2009-10 accounts of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified the financial accounts of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) over how the Council has accounted for two of its sponsored institutes, the Institute of Food Research and the Babraham Institute.
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Tackling serious and organised crime
Published on:This report examines whether the government tackles serious and organised crime in an effective and coherent way.
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Investigation into Verify
Published on:An investigation into Verify, the government’s identity verification platform. It examines its performance, costs and benefits.
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The New British Embassy in Berlin
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, told Parliament today that the Private Finance Initiative deal for the new British Embassy in Berlin is likely to provide a suitable building at a price slightly lower than a comparable conventional procurement. The contract provides for the construction of a new Embassy building and its […]
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E20: renewing the EastEnders set
Published on:This report examines whether the BBC has managed E20 in a way that is likely to achieve value for money.
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Responding to crises
Published on:The Department for International Development’s spending on humanitarian interventions has almost trebled between 2010-11 and 2014-15 to more than £1 billion per year, rising as a share of its total budget from 6% to 14%.
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Taxpayer support for UK banks: FAQs
Between 2007 and 2010, HM Treasury made a series of large financial interventions to support the financial stability of UK banking. This page sets out the work the NAO has done on the banking interventions and answers some frequently asked questions.
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2009-10 accounts of the UK Statistics Authority
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2009-10 accounts of the UK Statistics Authority owing to the Authority spending more cash than the authorized limit set by Parliament.
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Online Fraud
Published on:Online fraud is now the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales, but has been overlooked by government, law enforcement and industry.
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Investigation into overpayments of Carer’s Allowance
Published on:This investigation examines the recent increase in identified errors in Carer’s Allowance and attempts to recover overpayments.
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Whole of Government Accounts 2016-17
Published on:The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the accounts of over 7,000 bodies across the public sector, including central and local government and public corporations such as the Bank of England, to produce an accounts-based picture of the UK’s public finances.
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Implementing the UK’s exit from the European Union: Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Published on:The National Audit Office has today published a briefing describing how the centre of government is overseeing and taking forward implementation of the UK’s exit from the European Union. The briefing focuses in particular on the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
24 November 2017
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Managing the BBC’s pay-bill
Published on:This report is a broad review of the BBC’s approach to pay.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Financial management
Published on:The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has improved the maturity of its financial management in a number of areas, but the NAO has not been able to conclude that the Department is achieving value for money.
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Briefing for Environmental Audit Committee – NAO Review of European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
Published on:This briefing by the National Audit Office has been carried out in response to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to provide an update on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme covering developments since the Committee last reported on this topic in 2007.
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The Customs Declaration Service
Published on:HMRC has made progress in developing the new customs system, which was part of its existing programme, but it may need to be ready much earlier than originally planned if there is no agreement extending timescales on the transition to any new customs arrangements