NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18
Published on:Our Annual Report sets out the NAO’s performance over 2017-18 and reflects on our achievements.
Our Annual Report sets out the NAO’s performance over 2017-18 and reflects on our achievements.
This report examines the MoD’s progress implementing digital transformation.
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament on the £1.2 billion expansion of the PRIME contract, that DWP had succeeded in getting the deal it had set out to achieve. The decision to proceed via a non-competitive negotiation with LST was the right one. DWP introduced competitive tension into […]
This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
This report examines whether government’s arrangements for decommissioning AGR nuclear power stations will lead to better value for money.
This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.
The Ministry of Defence’s strategy for improving its financial management has put its finances on a sounder footing and is delivering results, but there are still considerable challenges ahead, including delivering the savings already removed from budget allocations.
We published two reports today – Following the discovery of widespread and deep-rooted weaknesses in the government’s management of contracts it is starting to improve how it manages its contracts.
Monitor has achieved value for money in regulating NHS foundation trusts, and has generally been effective in helping trusts in difficulty to improve.
This report examines whether government has an effective approach to enhancing workforce skills.
The provision of adequate adult social care poses a significant public service challenge. Demand for care is rising while public spending is falling.
This report examines the government’s management of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending.
This investigation examines DHSC’s performance in managing PPE contracts. It is a factual account of what has happened since November 2020.
Our new guide is aimed at helping non-accountant readers of government’s accounts understand better what is being reported in them and what it means.
The inability of the DfE to prepare financial statements providing a true and fair view of financial activity by its group of bodies means that it is not meeting the accountability requirements of Parliament.
The Government Finance Profession’s Finance Leadership Group has published a paper with support from the National Audit Office.
Sir John Bourn, the Head of the NAO, reported to Parliament today that there has been progress in capturing for the nation more of the economic and social benefits of scientific research funded by the taxpayer. Commercialisation can range from making research outputs available to all, free of charge, to forming companies to develop innovative […]
The National Audit Office has today reported on progress in the Treasury’s interventions to maintain financial stability, its wider support for the economy, its capacity to respond to future financial crises, and new reporting developments.
This report summarises our progress over the second year of the 2015-2018 Diversity & Inclusion strategy. As part of our commitment to the Public Sector Equality Duty we also publish equality data in a separate report.
In the context of more than 1 billion people lacking access to safe drinking water and 2.4 billion people lacking basic sanitation facilities, the Department for International Development’s (DFID’s) projects to improve access to water and sanitation in developing countries have been largely successful, the National Audit Office reports today. Between 1997 and 2002 DFID […]