A financial overview of the rail system in England
Published on:This overview sets out the cost of running the rail system in England and the challenges and opportunities facing government.
This overview sets out the cost of running the rail system in England and the challenges and opportunities facing government.
The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog. We support Parliament in holding government to account and we help improve public services through our high-quality audits.
We’ve developed a set of principles and examples outlining good practice in Annual Reporting
Substantial savings, in addition to the significant improvements already achieved, could be made by more efficient management and purchasing of postal services by the public sector, according to a report by Parliament’s spending watchdog. The National Audit Office has found that an estimated £31 million a year could be saved across the public sector by […]
The NAO has concluded in a new report published today that the tendering process for PFI projects needs improvement. During 2004-2006, PFI projects took an average of almost three years (34 months) to tender. Although there was substantial variation between sectors with schools, in particular, taking significantly less time to close deals (25 months), the […]
We will review previous reports to consider the critical success factors that government needs to secure value for money as it delivers its net zero and environmental targets.
The NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19 provides details about the NAO’s work and our performance.