The Financial and Risk Management insights team are producing a series of guides aimed at senior finance decision-makers across all of our audited bodies. Our guides will showcase strategic-level insights outlining areas where good financial management can unlock greater efficiency and resilience, as well as practical ways organisations can make improvements.
Background St Helena island is a self-governing UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a population of around 4,250. The Department for International Development (now part of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office – FCDO) provided the St Helena government with £285.5 million to design, build and operate an airport and related infrastructure. It […]
We are developing a guide for counter-fraud practitioners to help them understand good practice in fraud and error reporting.
The tax system costs HMRC billions of pounds a year to administer. We will look at what the factors affecting costs are.
We will examine the work of the Home Office and its partners to implement the 2021 Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls strategy and the 2022 Domestic Abuse Plan.
Our report will examine government’s efforts to improve its cyber resilience to meet the challenges of the changing cyber threat landscape.
Our study will examine whether DBT is well-positioned to secure impact from its support for priority industry sectors.
This upcoming National Audio Office investigation will examine what progress the government has made in addressing antimicrobial resistance.
Local government is experiencing significant financial pressures, due in part to rising costs and increased demand across a range of services. We will examine the current and future context for local government finances.
This report will examine how governance and decision-making worked on a small sample of major projects which the NAO have previously reported on.
An upcoming NAO report will consider whether UKRI’s management of its grants and loans is in line with the principles of good funding support.
This upcoming NAO investigation will examine how the Ministry of Defence ensures that the RFCAs are delivering their key duties.
This upcoming National Audit Office report will set out the government’s implementation of T Levels since the launch in September 2022.
This study will examine whether the MoJ and other bodies involved in the family court system are managing the service efficiently and effectively.
This report will examine NHS England’s oversight of its programmes for transforming elective care and diagnostics.
We will look at the Home Office’s approach to processing Skilled Worker visa applications and how it ensures compliance with visa requirements.
An upcoming NAO report will establish a baseline for the current system of supporting people to work through jobcentres.
Background In July 2024, the new government’s legislative programme signalled the aim to grow the economy and promote a new partnership with the private sector including using private finance to deliver infrastructure projects. Scope We have reported to successive Parliaments on the value for money of using private finance to deliver infrastructure projects. This study […]
Background The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) manages an overseas estate of over 6,000 properties in nearly 180 countries and territories. This includes around 450 Embassy, High Commission, Consulate or office buildings, and 4,200 staff housing units. The overseas estate is shared by other UK government departments with an overseas presence and is supported […]
The current government has pledged to recruit 6,500 new teachers, however has yet to confirm where these new teachers will go and by when.