The purpose of this note is to update the Committee of Public Accounts on developments since the publication of the National Audit Office report in February, particularly the release of the Authority’s second annual report on 23 May.
June 2014.
The programme to maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the current system, with the introduction into service of the first of a new class of submarines in 2024, is at an early stage, but the Ministry of Defence has made good progress establishing programme management arrangements and engaging stakeholders. The timetable is […]
This report reviews the robustness of assumptions underpinning the Ministry of Defence’s 2020–2030 Equipment Plan.
The National Audit Office has identified errors in specialist pay, allowances and expenses paid to the Armed Forces via their Payroll and Human Resources system, as well as the inadequacy of evidence to support certain fixed assets and stock balances in the financial statements. For this reason, the Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his […]
Red Dragon – a project by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Welsh Assembly Government and the then Welsh Development Agency (the Welsh Authorities) to provide modern aviation repair facilities at St Athan, South Wales – has cost the taxpayer around £113 million, although it was meant to have saved MOD money and protected jobs in […]
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. In early 2003, the National Audit Office began a series of work on benchmarking the Ministry of Defence’s acquisition system. The aim of this work is to add value to the Ministry of Defence’s understanding of the key influences upon the acquisition system and how these can […]
This study examined whether the MoD gets the capabilities it requires when it needs them to meet its defence objectives.
The NAO has today reported on whether the Ministry of Defence has taken appropriate steps to make its fleet of eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters operational. The helicopters were delivered in 2001 but airworthiness concerns mean that they have been kept in storage and not flown operationally. According to today’s report to Parliament, the MoD’s progress […]
The NAO reports on the use of confidentiality clauses and severance payments in three more areas of government.
HM Treasury and HMRC do not keep track of tax reliefs intended to change behaviour, or adequately report to Parliament on whether tax reliefs work as expected.
There is little evidence that government’s commitment to pay 80% of undisputed invoices within 5 working days is having the intended effect of helping the UK’s 5 million small and medium-sized enterprises.
The provision of support for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is made more difficult because they operate in remote locations and harsh conditions. A report today from the National Audit Office finds that, despite the challenging operational environments, the MOD has successfully delivered around 300,000 personnel and 90,000 tonnes of freight to Iraq and Afghanistan […]
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. Introduction The project control report was the culmination of a three phase piece of work. Phase 1 – Methodology | Phase 2 – Consultation and Fieldwork | Phase 3 – Project Control | Causal Maps In the first phase of work PA Consulting Ltd were commissioned to […]
This report examines how far the Ministry of Defence has embedded environmental sustainability in estate management, procurement, governance and policy-making.
The head of the National Audit Office, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has today qualified the accounts of the Legal Services Commission for 2008-09 because of overpayments made by the Commission to solicitors, estimated at almost £25 million.
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. Our analysis showed that many of the Department’s projects are at the forefront of good contracting practice. We looked at 13 projects across the MoD, all of whom highlighted an area of good practice. Further detail is provided in the documents below. Air Defence Availability Project Team […]
Most Ministry of Defence projects funded by PFI deals are delivered satisfactorily, on time and on budget. In six of the eight projects examined by the NAO, the Department has generally achieved value for money through effective allocation and management of risks. Failures to identify and manage risks reduced the value for money achieved from […]
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. The Consultation Document was published in March 2004 and contained the initial results of the Phase I analysis of the complex cultural and systemic drivers which the MoD and its industry partners have to manage to successfully deliver major defence projects. The work was taken forwards in […]
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. Driving the Successful Delivery of Major Defence Projects: Effective Project Control is a Key Factor in Successful Projects Gold Standard Poster NAO – RUSI Conference Oct 2005 Related content Table of contents Decommissioning toolkit: Table of contents