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BBC 2022-23
Published on:This guide has been produced to support the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in its examination of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (the BBC) spending and performance.
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Home Office 2022-23
Published on:This guide has been produced to support the Home Affairs Committee in its examination of the Home Office’s spending and performance.
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Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage programme
Published on:Government says carbon capture technology is ‘essential’ to achieving net zero. The government doesn’t have a credible alternative pathway.
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FOI request and disclosure log 2025
Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) requests made to the NAO in 2025.
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Overcoming challenges to managing risks in government
Published on:A guide for senior leaders and risk practitioners across government with ways to help overcome the challenges to managing risks.
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The economic regulation of the water sector
Published on:Since privatisation, Ofwat and Defra have overseen major improvements in water quality and service quality. Customers have seen a marked rise in bills but not the benefits of companies’ unexpected financial gains.
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Round-up for Audit Committees
Published on:This interactive round-up of NAO publications is intended to help Audit Committees, Boards and other users by outlining the latest NAO resources for governance and oversight, risk management and strategic management issues. It also sets out how to keep in touch with NAO insight on specific issues and/or sectors.
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Government’s approach to technology suppliers: addressing the challenges
Published on:Government can save significant sums of time and money by improving how it engages with technology suppliers.
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Progress combatting fraud
Published on:This study assesses the effectiveness of the government’s activity to combat fraud
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Monitoring and responding to companies in distress: good practice
Published on:Our guide sets out the elements to consider & questions to support good practice and value for money, through real examples from our reports.
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Good practice from the Excellence in Reporting in the Public Sector Award – Building Public Trust in Corporate Reporting Awards
Published on:The Building Public Trust Awards recognise outstanding corporate reporting that builds trust and transparency. This interactive document illustrates a range of good practice examples in public sector reports.
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DVLA Accounts 2024-25
Published on:Highlights from the C&AG’s Section 2 report on DVLA’s assessment, collection and proper allocation of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).
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Progress update: Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England
Published on:This report examines the progress made in improving the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements. Delays in completing audited accounts can have significant implications for local accountability and the effective management of public money.
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Whole of Government Accounts 2016-2017
Published on:The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are the consolidated financial statements for the whole of the UK public sector, showing what the UK Government spends and receives, and what it owns and owes.
This is an interactive visualisation of the financial information contained within the Whole of Government accounts published over the last five years
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Investigating the potential impacts of cost of debt indexation in the water sector
Published on:This paper sets out how we constructed a counterfactual to establish how much water customers in England and Wales could have benefited from an alternative charging system between 2010/11 and 2014/15.
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Departmental Overview 2021-22: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published on:This guide has been produced to support the International Development Committee and other Parliamentary Committees in their examination of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s (FCDO’s) spending and performance.
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Overseeing financial sustainability in the further education sector
Published on:With the number of further education (FE) colleges in financial difficulty expected to rise rapidly, there are fundamental structural problems which might require decisions at a regional or sector-wide level.
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Investigation into the implementation of IR35 tax reforms
Published on:This investigation sets out how HMRC introduced the 2017 IR35 reforms, and what lessons it has learned and taken forward.
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Departmental Overview 2021-22: Ministry of Justice
Published on:This guide has been produced to support the Justice Committee in its examination of
the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ’s) spending and performance.