The reforms set out in government’s rail transformation plans are facing delays, and there remain long-standing issues with the rail sector that need to be addressed, such as its financial sustainability and service to passengers.
Significant annual savings worth tens of billions of pounds are available through improving public sector productivity, the head of the NAO will say.
In his annual speech in Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said government can provide people with better public services despite the challenging fiscal backdrop.
The Cabinet Office reports efficiency savings across shared government functions, but they could implement a more robust approach.
Delivery to the frontline is still being put at risk by longstanding weaknesses in inventory management, despite the Ministry of Defence taking steps to improve, according to a new National Audit Office report.
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Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, outlines lessons from NAO reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament.
This study examines whether the Ministry of Defence’s Equipment Plan provides a reliable assessment of the affordability of the MoD’s equipment programmes over the next ten years.
This report sets out the NAO’s assessment of the delivery of the electronic monitoring (‘tagging’) transformation programme.
This report sets out the NAO’s assessment of the delivery of the electronic monitoring (‘tagging’) transformation programme.
This report assesses the problems that the Ajax programme has encountered and the challenges the MoD faces in delivering it.
This report examines government’s progress with its programme of trade negotiations since the UK’s departure from the EU.
The NAO’s work includes looking at a huge range of government activities, and the setting up and managing of commercial arrangements are central to many of them. This became very clear when looking back at twenty years of our work auditing government’s spending and reporting on its value for money for taxpayers. Over this time, […]
This report assesses the Home Office’s progress in delivering the National Law Enforcement Data Service programme to replace outdated police ICT systems.
It’s revealing to look at the timeline of digital transformation initiatives over the last 25 years. Government’s ambition for ‘world class’ services using joined-up systems and data goes back to the mid 1990s, from where we can trace a steady stream of policies and initiatives right through to last autumn’s National Data Strategy. Most of […]
This report sets out the lessons for government and departments to learn from the experience of implementing digital change.
This report examines the causes of persistent delays and cost increases that have affected the Ministry of Defence’s equipment contracts.
This report examines whether single living accommodation meets the needs of the Ministry of Defence and service personnel.
Given the wide-reaching impact of membership of the EU, preparing for the UK’s departure from the EU represented a significant challenge to government, with considerable potential consequences for businesses and citizens. Our programme of work on EU Exit Over the last four years, the NAO has carried out a substantial programme of work on various […]
This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.