Carrier Strike – Preparing for deployment
Published on:This report examines the MoD’s management of the programme since 2017 and the risks towards achieving Carrier Strike’s full capabilities.
This report examines the MoD’s management of the programme since 2017 and the risks towards achieving Carrier Strike’s full capabilities.
This report assesses whether the Home Office’s activities for enforcing immigration rules are achieving its vision.
This Departmental Overview is one of 15 we are producing covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for International Development during 2011-12.
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.
Internal audit costs government around £70 million each year, but quality varies and it is poor value for money.
The Conflict Pool funds discretionary activities that support conflict prevention, stabilisation and contribute to peacekeeping overseas. It is managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
Defra, the Rural Payments Agency and Government Digital Service have not worked together effectively to deliver the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme.
We report on our investigation arising from the findings of Internal Audit for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman regarding the management of conflicts of interest in procuring services during a fundamental change programme.
To assist those responsible for producing Governance Statements, we have prepared a Fact Sheet which summarises guidance provided in Managing Public Money and advises that the good practice messages from earlier NAO guidance on the Statement on Internal Control remain relevant.
The C&AG has qualified his audit opinion on the 2017-18 Resource Accounts.
Review of a sample of the data systems underpinning the input and impact indicators in the Home Office’s Business Plan, Common Areas of Spend and wider management information.
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during 2010-2011.
Data analytics has become an integral part of the audit process. And where a few years ago it was an area where we were exploring and creating tactical solutions to problems, today the NAO, like many organisations, has developed a strong capability and is making significant progress towards the widespread adoption of data analytics across […]
This report assesses whether the apprenticeships programme is providing value for money.
DFID has improved its core financial management and has an ambitious programme underway to improve its focus on value for money. But it cannot yet assess important aspects of the value for money of the aid it has delivered, at an aggregated level.
An assessment of our current position and details of the targets we have set to be a diverse and inclusive organisation at all levels.
Our study evaluates how far the government has an effective system for measuring progress towards its environmental objectives.
DFID is successfully reaching particularly poor people with transfers, but needs to focus more on how cost-effectively they are delivered.
This investigation describes the events surrounding the appointment and dismissal of the Student Loans Company’s former chief executive officer. It sets outs the Department for Education’s role in oversight of the Company and how it responded to the concerns raised by two Company staff.
On 3 March 2022 the governing body of the European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI) adopted a statement condemning the aggression against the peoples of Ukraine and pledging full support to the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine. The National Audit Office fully supports the statement. As called for by the EUROSAI governing board, we will […]