A Short Guide to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Published on:The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.
Most public bodies do not know how much fraud they face and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter fraud resources.
The National Audit Office has today published a briefing describing how the centre of government is supporting departments to identify the people and skills needed to implement the UK’s exit from the European Union.
1 December 2017
The NAO’s briefing on One HMG Overseas, for the Foreign Affairs Committee, assesses progress on each of the five strands of work in One HMG Overseas.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), Amyas Morse, has today qualified his opinion on the 2014-15 Accounts of the British Council on the grounds of regularity.
This report looks at how DESNZ is set up for power sector decarbonisation while maintaining security of electricity supply, and affordability.
The Department for International Development met, for the calendar year 2013, the government target to spend 0.7% of the UK’s annual gross national income on overseas aid.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for International Development 2013-14.
This privacy statement explains how the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) and the National Audit Office (NAO) use and protect any data they hold about you. This statement also summarises your rights in relation to that data.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office 2013-14.
This report considers the effectiveness of the UK government’s cross-border travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The C&AG has issued a clean audit opinion, providing assurance to Parliament on HM Treasury’s 2024-25 financial statements.
This report examines whether DCMS and Sport England have achieved value for money for spending on sport and physical activity.
Since 2005, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has incurred a total of £642 million in financial penalties relating to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in England.
The C&AG has reported on the 2019-20 Ministry of Defence accounts.
Includes findings from external and internal inspection reviews of our audits and gives details on the quality of all our audit work.
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide the Bank of England with information relating to the management of conflicts of interest and some of the approaches we have encountered in other organisations. This does not constitute guidance, but has been provided to assist the Bank when it conducts its own internal review
This an update on earlier reports by the NAO and Committee of Public Accounts on the progress of the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme. It focuses primarily on the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme payments to English farmers and landowners and improvements to the process for the 2016 and future years.
UK Government says it is on track to meet target to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020. Local authorities’ ability to secure suitable school places and houses a risk to success. NAO estimate programme will cost £1.12bn by 2020.
The report sets out central government’s risk analysis, planning, and mitigation strategies prior to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic