Despite providing substantially increased funding for PIDG (up to £700 million by 2015), the Department has not exercised enough oversight to ensure value for money has been achieved.
This report outlines how the public service pensions landscape has changed since the Hutton Review and highlights future challenges.
Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department for International Development’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013.
The Home Office has made slower progress than expected in managing foreign national offenders, despite increased resources and tougher powers.
Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
This review was carried out on the 2012-15 Business Plan. Revised Business Plans were issued in June 2013.
This report examines the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the government’s response to COVID-19 in 2020.
The Institute of Internal Auditors and the NAO released a set of case studies illustrating some of the key principles of effective internal auditing, taken from a range of public and private sector organisations (including British Telecom, Department for Work and Pensions, EDF etc).
Malaria is a serious health risk. Further progress in the fight against the disease will depend on a growth in commitment and capacity from countries receiving UK aid.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
This report examines the government’s replacement of the COMPASS contracts for accommodation and support for asylum seekers.
The C&AG has qualified his audit opinion on the 2018-19 accounts of the Ministry of Defence.
This report examines the Digital Services at the Border programme to assess whether it has delivered value for money.
This Departmental Overview is one of 15 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during 2011-12.
Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Department for International Development’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
This factsheet provides further details on recent developments, including the introduction of grouped internal audit services and the adoption of new internal audit standards by central government
In our ever-increasing digital and automatized world, certain buzzwords are becoming more centre stage in the public sector. One of them is “artificial intelligence”. While the concept, and development, of artificial intelligence is not new (artificial intelligence was first recognised as a formal discipline in the mid-1950s), it is a word that has been casually […]
This investigation sets out the facts relating to government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic up to 31 July 2020.
The new directorates that replaced the former UKBA have made progress in some areas but not across the whole business.
The 2011 DfID review of the £3.6bn spent through multilateral organisations (such as the UN) is a significant step towards achieving value for money.
The FCO and UKTI will need to contribute much more effectively to efforts to increase the value of UK exports to £1 trillion a year by 2020.