In June 2015, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that two large rail electrification schemes would be paused because the rail investment portfolio was costing more and taking longer.
This report focuses on the role of the centre of government in supporting government departments’ oversight of arm’s-length bodies.
This report examines if government is achieving its ambition for the public sector to be a leader in decarbonising its activities.
The provision of support for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is made more difficult because they operate in remote locations and harsh conditions. A report today from the National Audit Office finds that, despite the challenging operational environments, the MOD has successfully delivered around 300,000 personnel and 90,000 tonnes of freight to Iraq and Afghanistan […]
The National Offender Management Service Executive Agency (NOMS) has obtained good value for money from its expenditure on prison maintenance, the National Audit Office has today reported. In spite of an increasing prisoner population – over 73,000 people held in custody in public sector prisons in England & Wales in 2007-08 – spending has been […]
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2020-21 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs.
We commissioned some work with two volunteer Departments in Spring 2008 to assess the measurability, relevance and costability of Departmental Strategic Objectives – with a view to informing wider guidance on integrating financial and performance management and reporting.
This report assesses the problems that the Ajax programme has encountered and the challenges the MoD faces in delivering it.
This report examines the Department for Education’s evaluation of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme.
The National Audit Office has examined the role of of the Department for Transport in assessing the revised proposals for light rail schemes in Leeds, Manchester and South Hampshire. Funding for these three schemes was originally approved by the Department in 2000 and 2001. But substantial increases in projected costs led to the Department withdrawing […]
This report examines whether the Ministry of Defence has managed to reduce the risks to affordability in its Equipment Plan.
This report looks at the Restoration and Renewal Programme to identify potential risks and recommend how these may be addressed.
Building and improving the country’s roads are proving to be more expensive than originally estimated, according to a new report published today by the National Audit Office. The report looks at the Highways Agency’s investment in motorways and major trunk roads and local authority major roads schemes funded by the Department for Transport. The Department […]
This report examines the progress the government has made in developing specialist skills in the civil service.
This report assesses whether the Home Office’s activities for enforcing immigration rules are achieving its vision.
This report examines how the DWP is managing the process of getting to first payment in Universal Credit.
This report examines how government has set itself up to deliver its long-term environmental goals.
This report sets out insights for government from its preparations for EU Exit.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
This study examined whether the MoD gets the capabilities it requires when it needs them to meet its defence objectives.