Governance and decision-making on major projects
Spring 2025This report will examine how governance and decision-making worked on a small sample of major projects which the NAO have previously reported on.
This report will examine how governance and decision-making worked on a small sample of major projects which the NAO have previously reported on.
Government must reset the HS2 programme successfully to avoid repeating past failures and to maximise value for money.
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 […]
Our report examined how projects achieve value to see what lessons there are for other projects. By value, we mean the difference projects make to citizens, service users or the environment.
This report uses our experience of auditing programmes to draw together insights to help decision-makers determine whether they should reset a programme and how to increase the chances of a reset succeeding.
The Delivery Environment Complexity Analytic (DECA) is a tool developed by the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide a high level overview of the challenges, complexity and risks to delivery of a project, programme, policy or area of work.
The government should use the two-year pause on new construction work at HS2 Euston to develop a design that is affordable, deliverable and value for money, according to a new National Audit Office report.
This good practice guide for policy and delivery professionals helps you work with uncertainty in government programmes
We have used our insights to highlight the biggest opportunities for spending public money more efficiently and effectively.
This framework has a set of questions to assess whether a portfolio is achieving value for money
This study will assess whether the Department and Network Rail’s are in a position to deliver the Transpennine Route Upgrade successfully.
Ambulances need to travel fast! Ambulance drivers must take risks that regular drivers do not. This includes running red lights and travelling at high speeds through busy roads. However, to avoid accidents, precautions are taken to manage risks. The driver is trained, there are flashing blue lights and loud sirens. Delivering programmes at speed requires […]
This report provides a progress update on the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme.
Insights to help decision-makers determine when or how a programme should be delivered at speed.
We are keen to support those responsible for both delivering and overseeing government programmes. In that spirit, we today publish our Framework to review programmes summarising what we ask when auditing major programmes. It draws from our experience of around 200 studies and includes examples of what we have seen. Our work provides insights on […]
This review suggests key questions to ask when reviewing major programmes.
This report assesses the problems that the Ajax programme has encountered and the challenges the MoD faces in delivering it.
This report examines lessons from our work on major programmes, including transport, defence and energy programmes.
This report examines the management of the Cabinet Office-led Get ready for Brexit campaign.
This report makes early observations on the progress and risks in upgrading the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down.