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 Culture, Media & Sport 2012-13.
This report has been produced to provide an introduction to MoJ and our examination of its spending and performance.
The report includes findings from external and internal inspection reviews of our audits. It gives details on the quality of our audit work.
This report has been produced to provide an introduction to DCMS and the BBC, and our examination of their spending and performance.
In 2023-24, HMRC spent £7.2 billion to collect tax revenue. This report summarises key relevant information and insights.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during 2013-14.
This report provides an introduction to DESNZ and the NAO’s examination of its spending and performance in 2023-24.
Our financial audit reports contain audit opinions on accounts across the public sector.
Last updated – 01 February 2021 About this tool Childhood obesity is a worsening problem which successive governments have attempted to address. The childhood obesity data visualisation is an exploratory tool. It should enable users to identify avenues for local exploration, including potentially similar local areas to explore over time. This interactive data visualisation supports the National Audit Office report on Childhood Obesity which was published in September 2020. The data we present […]
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 Transport 2012-13.
This report summarises the key information and insights gained from our examinations of DfT and related bodies in England, and of DfT’s Annual Report and Accounts.
Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to the NAO in 2023.
This National Audit Office briefing gives an overview of government’s approach to improving air quality in the UK. It has been prepared in support of a joint inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee, the Health Committee and the Transport Committee. It examines why air quality matters; the UK’s plan for improving air quality; and risks and success factors for delivery of government’s air quality plans.
16 November 2017
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Cabinet Office 2012-13.
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 Health.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Home Office 2012-13.
This report assesses how effectively the Department supports the planning regime to provide the right homes in the right places.
This report provides an introduction to HM Treasury and our examination of its spending and performance.
More recent version available We published an updated version of this framework in April 2021 Background Major programmes are expensive, high profile and carry great uncertainties and risks. It is not surprising that many fall short of their objectives, in terms of cost and/or outcomes. The NAO has completed about 140 reports on major projects […]
I last posted to this blog in late April as the country was in the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining how we were maintaining our operations and adjusting our work programme in the light of the government response to the virus. Now, in late July, most of the UK is gradually emerging from lockdown […]