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Improving local bus services in England outside London

This study examines the government’s support for bus services and whether enablers to improve bus services are in place.

Sector(s): Transport

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery, Oversight of service delivery, Transforming public services

Department(s): Department for Transport

Published:
2 Oct 2020

Investigation into clinical correspondence handling in the NHS

How NHS England has handled a backlog of 374,000 items.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
2 Feb 2018

Investigation into university technical colleges

This investigation builds on our previous work and sets out the facts about the university technical colleges programme.

Sector(s): Education and skills, National Audit Office, Parliament

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery, Oversight of service delivery

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
30 Oct 2019

Local authority governance

Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable

Sector(s): Government, efficiency and transparency, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
15 Jan 2019

Summer 2021

Local government and net zero

This study will examine how effectively central government and local government are working together on net zero.

Posted 21 January 2021 in: Energy and environment

Performance Improvement area(s): Accountability in local service delivery, Environmental sustainability, Local service delivery

Contact:

NAO Press Office
+44 (0)20 7798 7400 or email pressoffice@nao.org.uk

Local government finance in the pandemic

This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.

Sector(s): Government, efficiency and transparency, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Accountability in local service delivery, COVID-19, Financial and service sustainability, Financial management, Local service delivery

Department(s): HM treasury, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
10 Mar 2021

Local government new burdens

The Department for Communities and Local Government has taken steps since November 2014 to improve its understanding of new burdens on local authorities.

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability, Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
11 Jun 2015

Local public service reform

This document summarises the findings of our work and identifies sources of help that may be useful to local areas and government departments supporting local public service reform.

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability, Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
7 Sep 2016

Local welfare provision

Overall spending on discretionary local welfare support by central and local government has reduced since April 2013. The consequences of this gap in provision are not understood.

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability, Local service delivery

Department(s): Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
12 Jan 2016