Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2023-24
Published on:Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2023-24 accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Fraud and error in benefit expenditure is one of DWP’s most significant risks, with overpayments totalling £9.7 billion in 2023-24.
The Digital Services Tax has raised more revenue than forecast by the Government and increased the amount of UK tax paid by big digital companies. HMRC’s compliance work is ongoing and it has yet to identify any non-compliance among business groups, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
This report examines the extent to which HMRC is well-placed to manage its compliance work following the pandemic, including future risks and challenges.
Energy bills support successfully protected many people and businesses during 2022 and 2023 from rising energy prices.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Welsh income tax.
We set out seven high level lessons with recommendations on what the government can do now so that it will better prevent fraud and maintain standards during an emergency.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Scottish income tax.
This investigation sets out how HMRC introduced the 2017 IR35 reforms, and what lessons it has learned and taken forward.
This report considers how well HMRC has managed tax debt through the pandemic.
This report looks at tax-free savings accounts for 6.3 million children born between 2002 and 2011, into which the government paid £2bn.
Governance and oversight of franchised higher education provision needs to be strengthened following instances of fraud and abuse in the sector.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Scottish income tax.
This report examines HMRC’s administration of Welsh income tax.
Gareth Davies, the head of the NAO, has reported on the DWP’s 2022-23 accounts and has qualified his audit opinion.
This study assesses the effectiveness of the government’s activity to combat fraud
Gareth Davies, the C&AG of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2021-22 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
This report examines how HM Treasury and HMRC manage tax measures that have an impact on the environment.
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.
Most public bodies do not know how much fraud they face and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter fraud resources.