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  3. A digital BBC

    Report Value for money

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    This report assesses whether the BBC is on track to deliver value to its users from its digital transformation.

  4. Governance and transparency

    The NAO’s governance arrangements ensure that we operate effectively and transparently with due oversight while maintaining our independence.

  5. About us

    The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog. We support Parliament in holding government to account and we help improve public services through our high-quality audits.

  6. Delivering programmes at speed? What you need to consider

    Insight Opinion

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    Ambulances need to travel fast! Ambulance drivers must take risks that regular drivers do not. This includes running red lights and travelling at high speeds through busy roads. However, to avoid accidents, precautions are taken to manage risks. The driver is trained, there are flashing blue lights and loud sirens. Delivering programmes at speed requires […]

  7. Competitive and demand-led grants: good practice guide

    Insight Good practice guides

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    The Cabinet Office estimates that government commits around £130 billion to grants each year – nearly 20% of all government spend. Grants are an important delivery mechanism for policy across government, not just centrally but also in agencies, local authorities and other bodies across the public sector.

  8. Freedom of Information Publication Scheme:
    What are our priorities and how are we doing

    This page is part of our Freedom of Information (FOI) Publication Scheme. National Audit Office Programme and Areas for Consideration Definition Document proposing the Office’s programme of work for the coming year and suggested areas for consideration in the future.  It is not a definite plan of work, and may differ from the current work […]

  10. Achieving net zero

    Report Value for money

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    This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.

  12. Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the performance, implementation, procurement and management of the Green Homes Grant scheme.

  13. Investigation into the Digital Services Tax

    Report Value for money

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    The Digital Services Tax has raised more revenue than forecast by the Government and increased the amount of UK tax paid by big digital companies. HMRC’s compliance work is ongoing and it has yet to identify any non-compliance among business groups, according to a report by the National Audit Office.

  15. Confirmed impacts: Malaysian peer review highly praised

    Report

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    This impacts case study shows how our international work can help improve the independence and financial audit standards of other countries’ audit offices.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.

  16. Capability is for contract life, not just for procurement

    Insight Opinion

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    The NAO’s work includes looking at a huge range of government activities, and the setting up and managing of commercial arrangements are central to many of them. This became very clear when looking back at twenty years of our work auditing government’s spending and reporting on its value for money for taxpayers. Over this time, […]

  17. Six reasons why digital transformation is still a problem for government

    Insight Opinion

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    It’s revealing to look at the timeline of digital transformation initiatives over the last 25 years. Government’s ambition for ‘world class’ services using joined-up systems and data goes back to the mid 1990s, from where we can trace a steady stream of policies and initiatives right through to last autumn’s National Data Strategy. Most of […]

  18. From COVID-19 to Net Zero: How can regulation respond to change?

    Insight

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    In September 2021, the NAO hosted a virtual seminar From COVID-19 to Net Zero: How can regulation respond to change? It was an opportunity to hear from thought leaders in regulatory policy and practice on adapting to change in challenging times. Regulation in the UK has entered a period of considerable change, from EU Exit […]

  20. Oversight of three PFI waste projects

    Report Value for money

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    All three projects examined by the NAO have experienced significant delays stemming from a range of problems.