The MoJ is on track to make significant and quick reductions in its spending on civil legal aid. But it is less clear to what extent it has met its objective of targeting legal aid at those who need it most.
We recommended that the Department for Communities and Local Government improve its evaluation of the impact of funding changes on local authorities’ financial sustainability.
This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.
The head of the National Audit Office will today (Thursday 8 December) outline lessons from its reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament. Gareth Davies, Comptroller & Auditor General, will also offer guidance for decision-makers seeking public spending efficiencies against a tough economic backdrop. Davies was […]
This report assesses how well Ofwat, Ofgem, Ofcom and the FCA measure and report their performance in protecting consumer interests.
This report summarises our progress over the first year of the 2015-2018 strategy. As part of our commitment to the Public Sector Equality Duty we also publish equality data in a separate report.
This report examines how well DWP’s Kickstart scheme was implemented, and whether it is having the intended positive impact.
This investigation describes the scheme’s purpose and how it functions, performance to date, and how government manages value-for-money risks.
This review of five major rail projects highlights lessons the Department for Transport should apply to current and future rail programmes.
Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has qualified his opinion on the accounts of the Department for Education and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) on a number of grounds.
DWP is working to manage the introduction of the housing benefit reforms and has a critical role to play in anticipating adverse consequences.
Many emergency admissions to hospital are avoidable and many patients stay in hospital longer than is necessary.
MyCSP has the potential to be good value for money with a projected saving of 50 per cent on costs, but the Cabinet Office and MyCSP still face many large challenges in transforming the service.
The NAO has highlighted five risks to the value for money of some national infrastructure projects.
The Service has achieved value for money for debt advice but has not yet shown that its money advice is achieving value for money.
The new policing oversight framework has been in place for a year but already there are gaps in the system with the potential to undermine accountability both to the Home Office and the public.
Carillion going into liquidation left two new hospitals unfinished. The projects will now be completed with public finance.
This report sets out the facts about government preparing the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19.
This is the first year in which the Department for Education (the Department) has produced Academy Sector Accounts which consolidate the results of the 3,013 academy trusts that were open during the year ended 31 August 2016.