This guide provides practical advice on how to plan for and manage the decommissioning of public services delivered by civil society organisations (CSOs) and maintain value for money while doing so.
This page is part of our decision support tool. What is it for? Financial relationships between TSOs and government bodies are not as good as they should be. The government’s financial principles in this area are sound. But the gap between these principles and the practical task of designing and operating a funding model that […]
This report reviews developments in the sector and examines whether the Department, along with other departments with responsibility for local services, understands the impact of funding reductions on the financial and service sustainability of local authorities.
This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. It is important that financial relationships with third sector organisations (TSOs) are cost-effective, that good value for money is achieved by the programme or service involved. Poor value for money means either that: more needs to be spent to achieve the expected outcomes, leaving less money for other […]
This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
This interim report provides an overview of test and trace services for addressing COVID-19 in England.
The NAO has today published a review of three formula-based grants from central government to fund local public services.
Our report examines whether MHCLG’s framework allows for the management of risks to local authorities from commercial property investment.
This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. Constructing and maintaining good financial relationships between public bodies and third sector organisations (TSOs) has never been straightforward. If anything, achieving this has become more difficult as more and more financial relationships are made through public sector commissioning processes. But good financial relationships are important – to help achieve […]
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates the public sector’s accounts to produce a picture of the UK’s public finances.
Significant changes have been made to the assurance system for major projects but Government needs to do more as the system is not yet ‘built to last’.
Our financial audit reports contain audit opinions on accounts across the public sector.
This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. Introduction A charity for blind people approaches a Primary Care Trust (PCT) with a proposal for a health support service in the area. Under this, staff and volunteers of the charity would greet blind people at NHS establishments and welcome them and show them around safely. For […]
Departments have acted quickly to reduce staff numbers and this should bring significant savings. To sustain these savings, and deliver long-term value for money improvements, staff numbers must stay at these reduced levels and departments must develop new ways of working.
The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are the very first audited set of accounts showing in one place the financial position of the whole public sector. However, the NAO considers that the picture is incomplete.
Plans to reorganize central government will bring a range of functions closer to ministers, and the Cabinet Office and departments are on course to deliver cost reductions. However, departments do not have a good enough grasp of the one-off costs of the reorganisation or, secondly, of the ongoing costs of continuing to provide the transferred functions.
The project to replace the 46 Fire and Rescue Services’ local control rooms across England with nine purpose-built regional control centres linked by a new IT system has been a comprehensive failure, according to the National Audit Office. The Department for Communities and Local Government acted to cut its losses by terminating the contract in […]
This report assesses the scheme’s performance against its objectives, its management, and plans for the future of the scheme.
This report assesses how effectively the Department supports the planning regime to provide the right homes in the right places.
This investigation covers how the UK government determines the amount of funding it allocates to the devolved administrations.