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 […]
The NAO’s memorandum, for the International Development Committee, provides an overview of trends in UK spending on aid.
We report annually to the Public Accounts Commission on progress against our strategy.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Ministry of Defence during 2012-13.
Background The job centre journey time application presents the results of an experimental jobcentre journey time model. It provides an overview of planned changes (at a specific point in time) to the jobcentre estate in England and allows exploration of the estimated impact that these changes may have on the time it takes for people […]
This briefing on Ofgem, a non-ministerial government department, is similar to the briefings we are producing on the 15 major government departments. It is produced primarily as a briefing for the Environment and Climate Change Committee, and is based on Ofgem’s annual report and accounts and our own work relevant to Ofgem.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Communities and Local Government during 2012-13.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Ministry of Justice during 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 International Development 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 Foreign & Commonwealth Office 2012-13
This report covers the activities of HMRC before the introduction of the Welsh rates of income tax in April 2019.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the HM Treasury during 2012-13.
As the funding and provision of transport decentralises, this report gives an overview of the landscape and highlights issues and risks.
This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to review sustainability within the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the HM Revenue & Customs 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 Business Innovation & Skills 2012-13.
We have reviewed the Army’s implementation of the Recruiting Partnering Project and its management of the contract with Capita.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority during 2012-2013.
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.
The Department for Business and Trade is a department for economic growth. In 2024-25, DBT spent a total of £2.15 billion (including financing) in net expenditure.