The report sets out central government’s risk analysis, planning, and mitigation strategies prior to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic
This report examines whether the Ministry of Defence has managed to reduce the risks to affordability in its Equipment Plan.
This report assesses how the BBC has positioned itself to respond to financial and strategic challenges and opportunities.
This report examines whether Defra has a full understanding of its legacy challenges, including cyber security risks, and if its plans to address the problem are realistic, achievable and aligned to future needs.
The report examines the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements covering 2019-20.
This guide helps audit and risk committee members to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on their organisations.
This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
This study assesses the financial assumptions underlying the Ministry of Defence’s 10-year Equipment Plan.
This report examines the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach, in partnership with HM Treasury, in reducing the tax gap.
This is our eighth report on the financial sustainability of the
NHS.
This investigation examines the government’s response to the collapse of Thomas Cook.
We outline how the pandemic has moved many aspects of our lives online, helping us stay connected but making us more vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
This report examines the implementation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the public sector’s accounts to produce a picture of the UK’s public finances.
Departments have continued to reduce their estates and government is now getting better value for money. The Government Property Unit, however, has not yet made much progress towards its more challenging objective of creating an integrated estate.
The cyber threat to UK government is severe; government must act now to protect its own operations and key public services.
The government has missed opportunities to exploit the full potential of the Levy Control Framework and this has contributed to decisions which have not secured value for money.
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.