This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
The NAO have investigated concerns that online sellers outside the EU are avoiding charging VAT.
This paper is the result of research undertaken in June 2009 in response to a House of Commons Defence Select Committee request that the NAO identify the views of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) about the Government’s Comprehensive Approach.
This report examines the value for money of Network Rail’s sale of a major part of its commercial real estate portfolio.
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. This guide shares its glossary with the Successful Commissioning Guide, which can be found at the link below: Successful Commissioning Guide: Glossary Accountability The obligation of individuals and organisations to report on their actions and be answerable to others for what they have done. Administrative law The […]
What to do if you want to complain about the work of the National Audit Office. We value your comments and feedback. The NAO aims to carry out its work to the highest professional standards and to deliver an efficient and effective public audit service which represents best value for money. We are committed to continual improvement.
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, has published his report on the operation and wind up of Teesside Development Corporation. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s report is in response to concerns raised with him by three Members of Parliament for the North East of England and a former contractor of the Corporation. […]
This report reviews government’s progress in improving the planning and spending framework since we last reported in July 2016.
This report is a broad review of the BBC’s approach to pay.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has made progress in setting up its new programme to release enough public sector land for 160,000 homes by 2020 but the programme has had a relatively slow start.
This paper has been prepared for the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee to support their inquiry on Private Finance.
IPSA’s scheme for MPs’ expenses is safeguarding public money but IPSA has not had enough regard to the effect of the scheme on MPs’ work.
This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.