Future of public service pensions
Winter 2026/27This report will examine how public service pension arrangements work and whether they are used effectively.
This report will examine how public service pension arrangements work and whether they are used effectively.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its 2025-26 accounts, containing the audit opinion of the C&AG.
DWP’s total expenditure in 2024-25 was £298 billion, the largest of any government department.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has reported on the 2024-25 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
This investigation provides an assessment of HMRC’s specific compliance intervention for Child Benefit using Home Office travel data.
This NAO report examines Cabinet Office’s oversight of the civil service pension scheme and the current levels of customer service.
Background Carer’s Allowance gives financial support to people who provide regular and substantial care for someone. The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) administers the benefit, which is currently £86.45 per week. In 2024-25, around one million people received Carer’s Allowance, with payments totalling over £4.2 billion. There have been longstanding concerns about overpayments of […]
The NAO investigates DWP’s operation of the Access to Work scheme to help inform public debate on its future.
This study will seek to highlight lessons and areas of good practice, and identify how DWP might further improve its approach to innovation.
This report has been produced to provide an introduction to DWP and the NAO’s examination of its spending and performance in 2023-24.
Capacity and capability issues, including a lack of digital skills, have contributed to delays to government’s Pensions Dashboards Programme.
Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Our report sets out the latest data on Carer’s Allowance to improve transparency and inform public debate.
A guide to help government departments assess how employee exits and redundancies in government are being conducted.
This National Audit Office (NAO) report examines whether DWP has an effective approach to tackling overpayments in the welfare system.
DWP has reduced the level of support it offers to Universal Credit claimants due to a shortage of available work coaches at jobcentres.
DWP’s customer service has fallen short of expected standards in recent years, and is letting down some of the most vulnerable in society.
This guide summarises information and insights gained from our examinations of DWP and related bodies and DWP’s annual report and accounts.
One in five people on Tax Credits who were invited to move to Universal Credit (UC) did not then claim UC and had their benefits stopped.
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, has reported on the DWP’s 2022-23 accounts and has qualified his audit opinion.