Implementing transparency
Published on:Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.
Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.
We have reported regularly through our Value for Money audit programme that more effective risk management would enable departments to be better informed in their decisions, have a greater likelihood of meeting their aims and objectives, and help them to avoid costly mistakes.
In its final review of the quality of the data systems used by departments to measure progress against PSAs, the NAO underlines the vital importance of measuring government performance.
This report focuses on the role of the centre of government in supporting government departments’ oversight of arm’s-length bodies.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2020-21 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs.
The NAO has reported on the 2022-23 accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
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This report examines the Department for Education’s evaluation of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme.
Governance and oversight of franchised higher education provision needs to be strengthened following instances of fraud and abuse in the sector.
This report examines the progress the government has made in developing specialist skills in the civil service.
This report establishes the facts on how the government has provided accommodation for rough sleepers during COVID-19.
The NAO challenges government and its private sector contractors to work together more effectively in taxpayers’ interest and address the issues behind the current crisis of confidence in contracting out public services.
This report examines the current care market and the Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing it.
This study examines the government’s support for bus services and whether enablers to improve bus services are in place.
Until the government is able to establish effective oversight of the modern slavery system as a whole, it will not be able to significantly reduce the prevalence of modern slavery or show that it is achieving value for money.
Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.
This report provides information on managing PFI contracts when they end and considers whether government is preparing for expiry appropriately.
The Department is exerting stronger oversight and sanctioning under-performing providers but there remain issues to resolve, such as more timely identification of underperformance and ineligible payments.
There is no collective understanding of what type of oversight is appropriate and cost effective for different types of arm’s length bodies.
The welfare cap is encouraging a greater understanding of spending on some benefits and tax credits across government, but it is important that processes for managing the cap are reliable.