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Work in progress

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Improving family court services for children

Spring 2025

Work in progress

Child maintenance

FCDO’s overseas estate

Spring 2025

Work in progress

International

Resilience to animal diseases

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Resilience

Improving local areas through developer funding  

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Commercial and financial management

Accountability in small government bodies

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Accountability and oversight

Investigation into the administration of the civil service pension scheme

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Pensions

Lessons learned: Improving operational capability to provide better customer services

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Operations and process management

Financial management of fees and charges

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Commercial and financial management

Use of data analytics to make fraud and error savings

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Fraud and error

Local bus services in England

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Driving and road transport

UK Emissions Trading Scheme

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Energy and environment

The UK’s F-35 aircraft programme

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Defence and national security

Monitoring and managing the children’s homes market

Summer 2025

Work in progress

Childcare and children's services

Investigation into energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation 

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Energy and environment

Investigation into the financial sustainability of England’s hospices 

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Health and social care

Financial management in government: insights and good practice

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Accountability and oversight

BBC World Service

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Arts and culture

Clinical negligence costs

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Health and social care

Tackling benefit overpayments due to fraud and error 

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Benefits

Efficiency and resilience of the Probation Service

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Crime, justice and law

Police productivity

Autumn 2025

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Crime, justice and law

Lessons learned: Government’s use of external consultants

Autumn 2025

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People and operations

Tackling the challenges of growing numbers of people with frailty

Autumn 2025

Work in progress

Health and social care

The Bank of England’s Real-Time Gross Settlement Renewal Programme 

Winter 2025/26

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Banks and financial services

Environmental regulation and enforcement

Winter 2025/26

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Business and industry

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