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COVID-19

As the UK’s public spending watchdog, it is our role to support Parliament in holding the government to account.

In light of the wide range and significance of the government’s actions to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, we are carrying out a broad and varied programme of work.

We will prioritise our work on areas where we think there have been particular challenges and where we feel there is most to learn.

Implementing employment support schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

This report examines the implementation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise

Performance Improvement area(s): COVID-19, Financial management, Fraud, error and debt management, Operational and programme delivery

Department(s): HM Revenue and Customs, HM treasury

Published:
23 Oct 2020

Investigation into the Bounce Back Loan Scheme

This investigation describes the scheme’s purpose and how it functions, performance to date, and how government manages value-for-money risks.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise, Central Finance and Treasury

Performance Improvement area(s): COVID-19, Fraud, error and debt management, Operational and programme delivery

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

Published:
7 Oct 2020

Investigation into how government increased the number of ventilators available to the NHS in response to COVID-19

This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise, Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): COVID-19

Department(s): Cabinet Office, Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
30 Sep 2020

Guide for Audit and Risk Committees on Financial Reporting and Management during COVID-19

This guide helps audit and risk committee members to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on their organisations.

Sector(s): Audit committees and boards, Central Finance and Treasury

Performance Improvement area(s): COVID-19, Financial management, Support for Audit Committees, Support to Boards

Department(s): HM treasury

Published:
24 Jun 2020

Overview of the UK government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.

Sector(s): Central Finance and Treasury, Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): COVID-19, Financial and service sustainability, Financial management, Managing major projects

Department(s): Cabinet Office, HM treasury

Published:
21 May 2020