Search for "" - National Audit Office

Fracking for shale gas in England

This report sets out the facts about the government’s support of shale gas development in England.

Performance Improvement area(s): Environmental sustainability, Regulation

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Published:
23 Oct 2019

Departmental Overview: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy 2019

The NAO is publishing a suite of Departmental Overviews, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons Select Committees and Members of Parliament.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise

Performance Improvement area(s): Support to Boards

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
14 Oct 2019

The effectiveness of Official Development Assistance expenditure

This report focuses on what Official Development Assistance spending is achieving in practice.

Sector(s): International

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HM Treasury

Published:
20 Jun 2019

Oil and gas in the UK – offshore decommissioning

This report sets out the landscape of oil and gas decommissioning.

Sector(s): Energy and environment

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
25 Jan 2019

Rolling out smart meters

This report examines the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s progress in rolling out smart meters.

Sector(s): Energy and environment, Regulation, consumers and competition

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
23 Nov 2018

Departmental Overview: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy 2017-18

This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.

Performance Improvement area(s): Support to Boards

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
24 Sep 2018

Met Office annual report and accounts 2017-18

The C&AG has reported on the dismissal of the Chief Executive of the Met Office. The accounts are not qualified

Sector(s): Business and enterprise, Energy and environment

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
25 Jul 2018

Exiting the EU: Consumer protection, competition and state aid

This report examines the progress made by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Competition and Markets Authority, and National Trading Standards in building the UK’s legal framework and capacity and capability in consumer protection, competition and state aid.

Sector(s): Regulation, consumers and competition

Performance Improvement area(s): Exiting the EU, User choice and consumer protection

Department(s): Competition and Markets Authority, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
6 Jul 2018

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: progress with reducing risk at Sellafield

This report examines the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s role, its governance, and the complex challenges it faces in delivering its long-term mission; progress with reducing high hazard and risk at Sellafield, and limitations to faster progress; and the NDA and Sellafield Limited’s plans to ensure sustainable progress at Sellafield.

Sector(s): Energy and environment

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
20 Jun 2018

Investigation into the 2017 auction for low-carbon electricity generation contracts

This report sets out the history of Contracts for Difference and how the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy designed the 2017 auction, including the changes it made to the rules related to the capacity cap, and the impact these changes had.

Sector(s): Energy and environment

Department(s): Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Published:
16 May 2018

Search results

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy