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The Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Department for Education’s financial statements 2015-16

The Comptroller and Auditor General has provided an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the Department for Education’s group financial statements 2015-16. He has also qualified his regularity opinion because the Department has exceeded two of its expenditure limits authorised by Parliament. The Department has many challenges to overcome if it is to implement successfully its plans to provide Parliament with a better picture of academy trusts’ spending next year.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
20 Dec 2016

Financial sustainability of schools

The government’s approach to managing the risks to schools’ financial sustainability cannot be judged to be effective or providing value for money until more progress is made.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
14 Dec 2016

Communication with academy auditors 2016

The Department for Education is revising the way that consolidated financial information for the academies sector is reported to Parliament.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
31 Oct 2016

Investigation: The Department for Education’s management of a potential conflict of interest

This investigation focuses on how the Department for Education identified and managed a potential conflict of interest between the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families and a company called Morning Lane Associates.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
26 Oct 2016

Children in need of help or protection

The Department for Education recognised since 2010 that child protection services are not good enough but its subsequent response has not yet resulted in better outcomes. Spending on children’s social work, including on child protection, varies widely across England and is not related to quality. Neither the DfE nor authorities understand why spending varies.

Sector(s): Children and families, Education and skills

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
12 Oct 2016

Delivering value through the apprenticeships programme

The Department for Education should set out the planned overall impact of the programme on productivity and growth.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise, Education and skills

Performance Improvement area(s): Economic growth

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

Published:
6 Sep 2016

Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Department for Education’s financial statements 2014-15

Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), has provided an adverse opinion on the truth and fairness of the Department for Education’s group financial statements.

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
20 Apr 2016

BIS’s capital investment in science projects

The Department for Business, Skills and Innovation has not used good quality information to decide which science capital projects to invest in to optimise scientific and economic benefits.

Sector(s): Business and enterprise, Education and skills

Performance Improvement area(s): Economic growth

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

Published:
10 Mar 2016

Entitlement to free early education and childcare

Significant progress has been made in providing 15 hours of free childcare to parents of 3- and 4-year olds, but the Department of Education has not yet achieved full value for money

Sector(s): Education and skills

Department(s): Department for Education

Published:
2 Mar 2016