UK Research and Innovation: providing support through grants
Published on:UKRI should strengthen its approach to taking bolder decisions and address data challenges to maximise value for money for the taxpayer.
UKRI should strengthen its approach to taking bolder decisions and address data challenges to maximise value for money for the taxpayer.
This report provides an overview of how the NAO’s work provides assurance on good governance and propriety.
We estimate that fraud and error cost the taxpayer between £55 billion to £81 billion in 2023-24. Only a fraction of this is detected and known about. To tackle this, public bodies need to know how much fraud and error they face and where it is. Our good practice guide on estimating and reporting fraud […]
We estimate that fraud & error cost the taxpayer £55-81 billion in 2023-24. This report introduces impact of fraud & error on public funds.
This report considers how effectively government bodies financially manage fees and charges for certain services.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has reported on HMRC’s 2023-24 accounts.
Government has improved its administration of grants, but it has further to go to optimise the value for money of its schemes.
This report examines how well placed government is to seize the opportunity offered by data analytics technologies to tackle fraud and error.
There is no central coordinated approach when government sets up new compensation schemes resulting in a relatively slow, ad-hoc approach.
The Ministry of Defence could make significant savings if it better managed its losses from fraud and other forms of economic crime.
Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Energy bills support successfully protected many people and businesses during 2022 and 2023 from rising energy prices.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Welsh rates of income tax, covering the 2021-22 final outturn and 2022-23 provisional estimate.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Scottish income tax, covering the 2021-22 final outturn and the 2022-23 provisional estimate.
The UK is losing billions of pounds a year due to tax evasion by small businesses, which can easily exploit weaknesses in government systems.
We set out seven high level lessons with recommendations on what the government can do now so that it will better prevent fraud and maintain standards during an emergency.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the NAO, has reported on the 2022-23 accounts of HMRC.
This report looks at tax-free savings accounts for 6.3 million children born between 2002 and 2011, into which the government paid £2bn.
Although government provides billions in tax reliefs each year to encourage growth, it does not monitor or evaluate them closely enough.
Governance and oversight of franchised higher education provision needs to be strengthened following instances of fraud and abuse in the sector.