FOI request and disclosure log 2023
Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to the NAO between January and September 2023.
Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to the NAO between January and September 2023.
The NAO makes C&AG Reports on audited accounts, Value for money (VFM) reports and other outputs available to the public. Wherever possible it provides an easy method of accessing this information.
This report provides information on managing PFI contracts when they end and considers whether government is preparing for expiry appropriately.
This report provides information on managing PFI contracts when they end and considers whether government is preparing for expiry appropriately.
Last updated – 28 May 2020 Introduction to the topic This online publication provides results of a survey we conducted with public sector authorities (authorities) and which forms part of the evidence base of the NAO’s report on Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end. This report provides information on how public authorities manage […]
Carillion going into liquidation left two new hospitals unfinished. The projects will now be completed with public finance.
Carillion going into liquidation left two new hospitals unfinished. The projects will now be completed with public finance.
The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are the consolidated financial statements for the whole of the UK public sector, showing what the UK Government spends and receives, and what it owns and owes.
This is an interactive visualisation of the financial information contained within the Whole of Government accounts published over the last five years
On 15 January 2018, Carillion declared insolvency and the Official Receiver, an employee of the Insolvency Service, started to liquidate its assets and contracts. This report focuses on the role of the UK government in preparing for and managing the liquidation of Carillion.
A briefing on the rationale, costs and benefits of the Private Finance Initiative; the use of and impact of PFI, and ability to make savings from operational contracts; and the introduction of PF2. There are currently over 700 operational PFI and PF2 deals, with a capital value of around £60 billion and annual charges for these deals amounted to £10.3 billion in 2016-17. Even if no new deals are entered into, future charges which continue until the 2040s amount to £199 billion.
18 January 2018
A briefing on the rationale, costs and benefits of the Private Finance Initiative; the use of and impact of PFI, and ability to make savings from operational contracts; and the introduction of PF2. There are currently over 700 operational PFI and PF2 deals, with a capital value of around £60 billion and annual charges for these deals amounted to £10.3 billion in 2016-17. Even if no new deals are entered into, future charges which continue until the 2040s amount to £199 billion.
18 January 2018
This memorandum has been prepared to support the Environmental Audit Committee to consider the decision taken by Defra in 2010, to withdraw the provisional allocation of PFI credits from seven (out of 18) PFI projects.
Explore the trends in capital expenditure and resourcing since 2010-11 and build a richer understanding of what they mean for different local authorities.
The new military flying training is 6 years delayed and there is much to do if the MoD is to get the planned benefits from its contractor.
All three projects examined by the NAO have experienced significant delays stemming from a range of problems.
The Treasury Committee asked the National Audit Office to undertake an analysis of the VFM assessment process and model for PFI. The assessment process combines a quantitative and qualitative approach to VFM appraisal. Our review focused, primarily, on the use of the financial model in the VFM assessment process and was submitted to the Treasury Committee as part of their inquiry into PF2.
Progress on the Government’s initiative to achieve £1.5 billion worth of savings from operational PFI contracts.
We found that the 2007-2011 Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board’s poor financial management and procurement of an unaffordable PFI scheme had left the Trust in a critical financial position.
This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.
The National Audit Office and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary have jointly produced a practical guide on procuring and managing partnerships with the private sector.
Thameslink aims to reduce overcrowding and journey times. Initial progress has been good but a 3 year delay in awarding the train contract puts the 2018 programme deadline at risk.