The BBC’s move to Salford
Published on:The relocation took place on time and without disruption to broadcasts and should be within budget. But it is too early to judge value for money for licence fee payers.
The relocation took place on time and without disruption to broadcasts and should be within budget. But it is too early to judge value for money for licence fee payers.
This report examines the Digital Services at the Border programme to assess whether it has delivered value for money.
Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has qualified his audit opinion in respect of two years of financial statements for Firebuy Ltd, covering 2010-11 and the short period in 2011-12 up to the closure of the company in July 2011.
This report focuses on the role of the centre of government in supporting government departments’ oversight of arm’s-length bodies.
Housing is one of the government’s key priorities. Explore the changes in the housing market in England and build a richer understanding of what they mean for different parts of the country.
This report assesses the Home Office’s progress in delivering the National Law Enforcement Data Service programme to replace outdated police ICT systems.
In our June 2012 report for the Department for Work and Pensions we recommended ways in which it could strengthen its oversight of the contract.
This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.
This report examines the causes of persistent delays and cost increases that have affected the Ministry of Defence’s equipment contracts.
This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. Main conditions Near the start of this guidance, we highlighted the importance of setting outcomes for your fund. Paying your provider for outcomes achieved reinforces both incentives for success and accountability. But an outcome can sometimes take some time to achieve. Your provider may need interim payments to […]
We help Parliament hold government to account for spending public money and, in so doing, drive improvements in public services. To achieve this, we provide system wide, integrated and independent public audit, drawing on the distinctive framework of rights set out for us by Parliament.
This page is part of our decision support tool. Under procurement [Footnote 1] Above a certain financial threshold, there must, except in certain specified circumstances, be a competition between potential providers [Footnote 2]. Indeed, even for contracts below the threshold values set by public procurement regulations, some form of advertising or open competition is often […]
This investigation explores government’s funding to charities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. It may be that there is already an organisational decommissioning policy covering either a range of services (e.g. children services) or a specific service (such as Supporting People). The research found that there were common elements to all of these policies and good practice highlights the need […]
The DfT and Transport for London have done well to protect taxpayers’ interests in Crossrail but risks remain including delivery of the trains.
The Equitable Life payment scheme runs the risk of failing to meet payment targets and over-running on costs.
(If you think you may be entitled to a payment, please contact The Equitable Life Payment Scheme or call 0300 0200 150)
The Public Bodies Reform Programme is making good progress in abolishing or merging public bodies and reducing their costs, but triennial reviews of remaining bodies need to be much more effective.
This investigation examines the British Steel Pension Scheme.
There are more than 1000 tax reliefs in the UK tax system. The NAO intends to carry out future work evaluating how they are developed and implemented.
This report examines the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach, in partnership with HM Treasury, in reducing the tax gap.
This page is part of our decision support tool. Risk is uncertainty of outcome. It can arise in two ways: Threats: damaging events that can lead to failure to achieve objectives Opportunities: constructive events that can, if exploited, help with the achievement of objectives but that are also surrounded by threats. There are two aspects […]