A summary of the key information and insights that can be gained from our examinations of the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department), the NHS, and related bodies in the health sector in England over the two financial years since April 2020.
Find the NAO’s reports, insights and overviews by government department or other public body.
The NAO makes its policies and procedures for employing and recruiting staff available to the public. This includes the Diversity Annual Report and the Graduate Recruitment Scheme.
As part of the Freedom of Information Publication Scheme, we have gathered the key information about who we are and what we do.
The FOI Publication Scheme explains what information the National Audit Office proactively makes available to the public. Wherever possible it provides an easy method of accessing that information.
This report examines government’s progress in tackling local breaches of NO2 limits and its performance on air quality more broadly.
The briefing gives a factual overview of the framework for environmental compliance and enforcement in England.
A summary of the Department for Education 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.
The NAO supports Parliament by looking at how government has spent money delivering its policies and if that money has been used in the best way to achieve the intended outcome.
Our reports provide independent and rigorous analysis on the way public money has been spent to achieve policy objectives. Through our audits we identify good practice and issues across government. We share our insights to make it easier for others to understand and apply the lessons from our work. Our overviews give a factual overview of how an area of government, service or sector operates.
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
This report assesses the problems that the Ajax programme has encountered and the challenges the MoD faces in delivering it.
The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog. We support Parliament in holding government to account and we help improve public services through our high-quality audits.
Our overviews give a factual overview of how an area of government, service or sector operates.
We report annually to the Public Accounts Commission on progress against our strategy.
A brief summary of what regulation is for, how it is done, and an update on key developments
Summary of the MOD’s spending in 2020-21, focusing on key messages from the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.
A summary of the Ministry of Justice 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 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.
This report examines how well DWP’s Kickstart scheme was implemented, and whether it is having the intended positive impact.