Fraudsters sometimes use the names of National Audit Office (NAO) staff, including the NAO Chair, the head of the NAO the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG), or derivatives of “National Audit Office”, in an attempt to defraud people. They may also use our address on their letters to try and trick you: One e-mail scam […]
This report sets out the facts about the government’s support of shale gas development in England.
Find out about the Code of Audit Practice, the NAO’s role and supporting guidance for local auditors.
This report examines the Home Office’s progress in managing a clear assurance and oversight system for police forces’ financial sustainability.
The use of confiscation orders to deny criminals the proceeds of their crimes is not proving to be value for money.
This page is part of our decision support tool. Large scale contracts can bring benefits through reduced procurement and contract management costs, but they do not always offer the best value for money and may, in the long term, reduce the diversity of the supplier base. You should consider whether the contract should be divided […]
The Home Office has improved the financial management of its core business but strengths at the centre are not being demonstrated in its ‘change programmes’.
This report examines the progress made in delivering the Emergency Services Network and the
implications of the 2018 reset.
Savings the BBC has made from senior manager redundancies exceed the cost of severance payments but it has too often breached its policies on severance payments for senior managers.
HMCTS has improved its ability to provide financial information on fines and penalty transactions but significant issues remain with key data systems.
Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, in his annual review of the Northern Ireland Policing Board’s Best Value Performance Plan reported that this year’s Plan meets the statutory requirements and that the quality of the Plan, its performance information and its performance monitoring show a year on year improvement. Sir John has also reviewed […]
Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.
Online fraud is now the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales, but has been overlooked by government, law enforcement and industry.
Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, today reported that the Northern Ireland Policing Board’s Best Value Performance Plan for 2004-05 generally meets the statutory requirements. To meet all requirements in future, it will need to make arrangements to assess the way in which the Board’s own functions are exercised. He also recommends that more […]
The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
Sir John Bourn, the Comptroller and Auditor General and Head of the NAO, today published his first report on the Policing Board’s arrangements to secure continuous improvement in their work and in the work of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, it is a new requirement which […]
The progress made by a programme to modernise the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has limited the scope of his audit opinion on the regularity of expenditure in the 2009-10 House of Commons Members Resource Accounts.
This investigation looks at the centralisation and performance of national security vetting services.