The Cabinet Office estimates that government commits around £130 billion to grants each year – nearly 20% of all government spend. Grants are an important delivery mechanism for policy across government, not just centrally but also in agencies, local authorities and other bodies across the public sector.
The NAO’s work includes looking at a huge range of government activities, and the setting up and managing of commercial arrangements are central to many of them. This became very clear when looking back at twenty years of our work auditing government’s spending and reporting on its value for money for taxpayers. Over this time, […]
As part of the Freedom of Information Publication Scheme, we list our publications on what we spend and how we spend it.
It’s revealing to look at the timeline of digital transformation initiatives over the last 25 years. Government’s ambition for ‘world class’ services using joined-up systems and data goes back to the mid 1990s, from where we can trace a steady stream of policies and initiatives right through to last autumn’s National Data Strategy. Most of […]
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.
This impacts case study shows how our international work can help improve the independence and financial audit standards of other countries’ audit offices.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
The Government did not meet its goal of transferring by 1 June 2014 all people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, for whom it was appropriate, from mental hospitals into the community.
The report examines the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements covering 2019-20.
Imagine being asked to design and provide a service that meets the needs of everyone in your street. This crossed my mind when the borough where I live in London became a surge testing location for coronavirus. For me that means producing a service that works for Margaret and David, the retired couple that have […]
This report considers lessons DLUHC has learned from implementing local growth policies, and how it has applied them.
This impacts case study shows how our identification of data and management weaknesses was pivotal in leading to the implementation of actions to address them.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
This impacts case study shows how a combination of a more collaborative approach between NAO and Home Office enabled a less expensive and more efficient audit and earlier certification.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
This impacts case study shows how our work has prompted a radical overhaul of the Charity Commission and how the evidence we presented helped strengthen the Protection of Charities Bill.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
All three projects examined by the NAO have experienced significant delays stemming from a range of problems.
This impacts case study shows how our work helped give Supreme Audit Institutions a clear role in reporting on progress towards the international development goals.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
This impacts case study shows how our work and identification of the cost of inadequate consumer protection was a catalyst for improvements to consumer law and delivery and accountability arrangements.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
This impacts case study shows how our reporting of shortfalls in careers advice, echoed by the education sector, prompted the Department for Education to announce a new company to drive improvements.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
This impacts case study shows how government has improved controls over standards as a result of our report, which underlined the risks in rapidly expanding a new market.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.