This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Education during 2010-2011.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department of Health during 2010-2011.
The information in this guide draws on the findings from our financial audit programme of work and from publicly available sources, including the annual report and accounts of the Department and its bodies
A summary of the Department for Transport spending in 2020-21, focusing on key messages from the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, and providing insights which can be used to improve financial scrutiny.
A summary of Home Office spending in 2020-21, focusing on key messages from the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, and providing insights which can be used to improve financial scrutiny.
This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to review sustainability within the Department for Transport.
This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to review sustainability at the Home Office. It follows a similar format to our report on sustainability at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and thus covers all aspects of the Department’s activities: governance, policy, operations and procurement.
This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to review sustainability within the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
This financial overview looks at what local government in England spends, how this spending is funded and the effect of changes in recent years.
This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
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.
Our financial audit reports contain audit opinions on accounts across the public sector.
This briefing complements the Departmental Overview prepared for the Department for International Development and covers specific topics of particular interest to the International Development Committee, including trends in DFID’s expenditure and total UK Official Development Assistance; and the Department’s progress in managing the delivery of the government’s target to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on UK Official Development Assistance in 2013.
This briefing complements the Departmental Overview prepared for the Department for International Development in November 2012 and covers specific topics of particular interest to the International Development Committee.
This briefing complements the Departmental Overview the National Audit Office prepared for the Department for International Development in September 2011 and covers specific topics of particular interest to the Committee.
Our annual report and accounts provides a detailed account of all our work, our performance progress and the impact of our work in 2024-25.
The Annual Report and Accounts shares details of our work and performance.
DBT must improve how it supports UK industries to help government maximise the impact of the Industrial Strategy and grow the economy.
The NAO’s policies and procedures for delivery its work are available to the public on request. This includes technical guidance and the Audit Manual.
As part of the Freedom of Information Publication Scheme, we have gathered the key information about who we are and what we do.