Freedom of Information Publication Scheme: Details of Board and senior staff remuneration, expenses and hospitality

This page is part of our Freedom of Information (FOI) Publication Scheme.

Senior staff remuneration

In the spirit of transparency, the NAO provides details of the salaries of all our senior staff.

Travel and Hospitality Expenditure

Introduction

The National Audit Office has decided to make a voluntary disclosure of the expenditure incurred from NAO funds on travel and subsistence and the provision and receipt of hospitality by the C&AG and the Senior Management Board of the Office.

Travel expenses

The international travel undertaken by the C&AG and other senior staff is in connection with our portfolio of international work. Our international work helps us learn from other audit offices across the world to strengthen our own efficiency and insight. We have three strands to this work:

International relations: We contribute to international forums and work with other organisations to learn, offer our experience and collaborate on global themes, methods and standards.
International audit: The NAO is the external auditor of some of the international organisations that receive UK funding.
Technical cooperation: We strengthen accountability to taxpayers by helping countries that receive UK aid to deliver a professional public audit service.

Within the UK details have been provided for all visits. We have an office in Newcastle and as auditors of all central government our client base is widely distributed. UK travel costs are incurred in connection with specific audits or value for money investigations, in pursuance of other professional relationships for example with the accounting profession, or in connection with training and development activity.

Travel expenditure information prior to financial year 2015-16 is available on the National Archives website.

Hospitality

Domestic hospitality is provided or accepted where there is an opportunity to demonstrate to members of industry, commerce, the profession and public service, the value of our work in improving public services, especially where we are the auditors of programmes to which they are contributing. It is important to build a strong network of external contacts to support our audits and the development of our work more generally. Details are provided of all hospitality costs charged to the Office by the C&AG and senior staff and of all hospitality they have received.

International hospitality is provided to delegations from overseas audit institutions who have an interest in the UK approach to public audit or who have commissioned work from us. In addition, the NAO hosts a number of conferences aimed at increasing the take up of recommendations we make in the course of our work and at spreading good practice. We have not included the costs of hospitality provided in connection with such events.

Hospitality provided and received by the C&AG, NAO senior management, and board members 1 April 2015 to present. Includes international hospitality.