Investigation into members’ experience of civil service pension administration
Published on:The NAO has published the findings from its investigation into members’ experience of civil service pension administration.
The NAO has published the findings from its investigation into members’ experience of civil service pension administration.
Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, has for the first time provided a clear audit opinion on the financial statements of HM Courts and Tribunals Service. He has today reported to Parliament that HM Courts and Tribunals Service has significantly improved its ability to report on fines, penalties and confiscation orders.
The new directorates that replaced the former UKBA have made progress in some areas but not across the whole business.
This examines the extent to which HMRC is well-placed to manage its compliance work following the pandemic, including future risks and challenges.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
For the first time since 2009-10, the Social Fund White Paper account has not been qualified on the grounds of the completeness, existence and valuation of the debt balance.
HMRC has met its targets to raise more tax revenue in the short-term; however, an estimated £16 billion is lost to tax fraud each year. HMRC needs to improve the way it uses data and analysis to understand the effect of its actions to tackle fraud.
The first phase of the Care Act has been implemented well, but this places new responsibilities on local authorities whose core funding is being significantly reduced.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has taken steps since November 2014 to improve its understanding of new burdens on local authorities.
Police forces have successfully reduced costs since 2011, but do not have a clear understanding of the demands placed upon them or of the factors that affect their costs.
This report examines whether single living accommodation meets the needs of the Ministry of Defence and service personnel.
The economic case for the smart metering programme remains positive but there are significant risks and challenges to successful implementation, which must be managed.
The management of rail franchising has improved since 2012 however significant risks remain to achieving value for money as the programme develops.
The government has agreed that Principal Accounting Officers of the main central government departments should provide a statement of their accountability systems, covering all of the relevant accountability relationships within the department, including relationships with arm’s length bodies and third party delivery partners in an Accounting Officer System Statement. This requirement does not apply to the NAO, but our accountability relationships and processes are set out in full in our Governance Statement and other sections of the Annual Report.
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) has experienced delays and is expected to deliver 32 of the intended target of 40 new hospitals by 2030.
This report examines government’s progress in tackling local breaches of NO2 limits and its performance on air quality more broadly.
This is the second NAO report on government’s approach to test and trace services in England.
Homelessness has increased across all measures since 2010, with many local authorities now seeing it as a risk to their financial sustainability.
The CQC, the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, has made substantial progress but needs to recruit and train staff and build a new organisational culture.
This is our second report on backlogs for elective and cancer care. It examines the design of NHSE’s recovery plan, how the NHS has been implementing the plan and the ongoing risks NHSE has to manage.