We recently announced an upcoming report on increasing construction skills. Find out more here ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

In 2024-25, HMRC collected £875.9 billion in tax revenue, an increase of 3.9% on the last financial year. HMRC's spending also decreased, from £7.2 billion to £6.6 billion. Read our overview of HMRC 👇 www.nao.org.uk/overviews/hm...

Police forces need to improve productivity to respond to changing demands and meet government commitments like the neighbourhood policing guarantee. We have identified five barriers the Home Office must address to improve police productivity. Report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/poli...

Our latest overview of the Department for Transport looks at: • spending patterns and performance • major transport projects • key risks facing DfT and areas of focus for improved resilience and productivity Read it here: www.nao.org.uk/overviews/de...

Police forces are under growing pressure as crime evolves. This is putting strain on their finances, which may impact services in the long-term. Report director Oliver Lodge spoke to Times Radio: www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2... Read our report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/poli...

Police forces need to improve productivity to respond to changing demands and meet government commitments like the neighbourhood policing guarantee. We have identified five barriers the Home Office must address to improve police productivity. Read our report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/poli...

We recently published our 2024/25 audit certificates for:  • Cabinet Office • Ministry of Justice • Department for Culture, Media & Sport   You can find all of our published financial audits on our website: nao.org.uk/report_types...  

Councils spent £2.3 billion on home to school transport last year - £415 million more than budgeted. We recommend that upcoming SEND reforms consider implications for transport, so the whole system works better for children & their families.  Read more: www.nao.org.uk/reports/home...

Councils spent £2.3 billion on home to school transport last year - £415 million more than budgeted.   We recommend that upcoming SEND reforms consider implications for transport, so the whole system works better for children & their families.   Report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/home...

Government doesn't know how reliant it is on independent adult hospices for the provision of palliative and end-of-life care. With more people dying in England each year, the sustainability of independent hospices is of national importance. Read: www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-...

We recently announced upcoming reports, including: • Innovation in transport • Northern Powerhouse Rail Find out more ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

Risks in the government’s plans to ease the Probation Service's workload must be actively managed to ensure it can rehabilitate offenders and protect the public, amid weak performance in the service. Our report ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/reports/buil...

Benefit overpayments remain too high, but levels are reducing after a substantial rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our latest report looks at DWP's recent interventions to tackle this longstanding issue. Read the report here: www.nao.org.uk/reports/tack...

We've published our latest overview of the Department for Education (DfE). Our 2024-25 report looks at how DfE spent £95.5 billion, and the main risks it faces in ensuring resilient systems and increasing productivity. Our overview ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/overviews/de...

The cost of settling clinical negligence claims has more than tripled in the past two decades. Government’s liability for clinical negligence claims in England is now £60 billion, the second largest liability on the government balance sheet. Report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/cost...

We've just published our latest overview of HM Treasury. Our report looks at how the Treasury is delivering its objectives in 2024/25, as well as reviewing key risks and how the Treasury plans to improve productivity. Read the overview here ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/overviews/hm...

"The government designed the [ECO] scheme and it's got to take responsibility". Report director Joshua Reddaway appeared on You and Yours to discuss the steps the government should take to boost householders’ confidence in energy efficiency schemes. Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Cyber attackers continue to target government, but many organisations are under-prepared. Our new guide helps boards and audit committees ask the right questions to boost cyber security and resilience. Read it here: www.nao.org.uk/insights/cyb...

A government-backed energy efficiency scheme is failing homes due to weak controls and oversight. This has left tens of thousands of households needing repair work to fix faulty installations that are causing damp and mould damage. Our report ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/reports/ener...

We recently announced upcoming reports, including: • Nature for Climate Fund • Investigation into Compensation schemes Find out more ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-progress/

As last night's Panorama illustrated, our 2024 report found the current SEN system does not deliver for children and young people; it is financially unsustainable and in urgent need of reform. Read our report here ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/reports/supp...

Our 2024-25 Home Office overview looks at: • where & how the Home Office spent £27.8 billion • risks identified within its financial management & reporting • progress in improving productivity and resilience Read our overview for more ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/overviews/ho...

Are you a senior finance leader in government or the public sector? We have a new guide for you all about financial reporting and how this impacts decision-making. 1/3

To cut running costs, many government departments and bodies are reducing staff numbers. Our new good practice guide outlines our expectations for how employee exits & redundancies should be carried out. Read it here ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/insights/gov...

We recently published our 2024/25 audit certificates for: • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • Department for Business and Trade You can find all of our published financial audits on our website: www.nao.org.uk/report_types...

Getting the right mix of skills and staff is challenging. How could government do it better? Our latest framework helps organisations of all shapes and sizes think about their workforce planning and provides some key questions to ask ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/insights/gov...

It's your chance to take a look inside our iconic London office, as part of Open House London. We'll be open to the public from 11 until 15:30 on Saturday 20th September. You can just drop in on the day. More info here ⤵️ programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/119

Government organisations can provide better services by knowing the detailed costs associated with different stages of the customer journey. We make a number of recommendations to government departments and arm-length-bodies in our latest report ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/reports/impr...

We recently announced upcoming reports, including: • Planning for school places • Investigation into the MoD’s management of economic crime and misconduct Find out more ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

Between 2019/20 & 2023/24, the local authority costs of supporting children in residential care nearly doubled to £3.1 billion but with only a rise of 10% of numbers. Our new @nao.org.uk report on a very important issue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (full report here www.nao.org.uk/reports/mana...)

Many children in residential care homes aren't in the right setting for their needs, and costs for these homes have doubled in five years. DfE should improve its oversight of providers with real-time data on costs, profits, staffing, and capacity. More: www.nao.org.uk/reports/mana...

The Ministry of Defence runs two major military programmes for Saudi Arabia. The NAO has reviewed the MoD's current arrangements and activities for managing the two programmes. Read our investigation ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/reports/mana...

We recently announced upcoming reports, including: • Investigation into Access to Work • Affordability of the MoD’s investment plan Find out more ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

The MoD does not know the exact cost to date of the Afghanistan Response Route scheme to resettle people in the UK following a 2022 data breach. An estimated 7,355 people will be resettled through the scheme as a result of the breach. Read our report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-...

Ever wanted to see what an airport terminal looked like in the 1930s? Our office building in London is open for the public to drop in on Saturday 20th September, as part of Open House London. Don't miss out! More info here ⤵️ programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/119

We recently announced an upcoming report on investment in research infrastructure. Find out more here ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

We recently announced an upcoming report on implementing climate-related reporting in central government. Find out more here ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

We recently announced upcoming reports on: • Government exits and redundancies • New Hospital Programme update • Financial resilience of DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries • Government’s understanding of its service costs • Update on government shared services ➡️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

We've published our annual Transparency Report on our audit quality. It provides an overview on: • our governance and accountability arrangements • how we safeguard our independence • the quality of the audit work we do Read it here ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/corporate-in...

Our Diversity & Inclusion Annual Report outlines the progress we have made and where we will focus our efforts. Our gender pay gap reduced from 8.3% in 2021 to 1.7% in 2024. We are on course to eliminate it by 2027. Read our D&I Annual Report ⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/corporate-in...

We recently published 2024-25 audit certificates for: • HM Treasury • DVLA • Department for Transport • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government Find all our financial audits on our website: www.nao.org.uk/report_types...

We recently announced upcoming reports on: • Resilience to severe space weather • Sizewell C • Afghanistan resettlement schemes • Tackling harm from drug use in prisons Find out more ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

We recently reported that water regulators - including Ofwat - have failed to manage the rising tide of risk associated with the sector, which is facing significant environmental, supply and infrastructure challenges. Read our report 🚰⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/reports/regu...

We recently published 2024-25 audit certificates for: • BBC Group Accounts • Television Licence Fee Trust Statement • HMRC: Resource Accounts - Qualified • Department for Education • Whole of Government Accounts 2023-24 - Disclaimed • Home Office More: #[www.nao.org.uk/our-work/fin...

We recently announced upcoming reports on: • Unlocking land for housing: www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog... • Delays to driving tests: www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog... Find out more here ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

The Comptroller & Auditor General has disclaimed the Whole of Government Accounts for 2023-24. This is due to a lack of audited accounts for English local authorities, with only 4% of these bodies producing audited accounts. Read the C&AG's opinion here: www.nao.org.uk/reports/whol...

It's not enough to just own F-35 fighter jets - the Ministry of Defence needs to make sure they're ready and available to fly. Tom McDonald spoke to Times Radio about what the MoD needs to do to improve the UK's F-35 programme. Read our report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-...

We recently published our 2023/24 audit certificates for: • Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - qualified • Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) You can find all of our published financial audits on our website: www.nao.org.uk/report_types...

We recently announced an upcoming analysis of the asylum system. Find out more here ⤵️ www.nao.org.uk/work-in-prog...

F-35 fighter jet availability is far below Ministry of Defence targets and there are major personnel gaps, undermining the UK's warfighting capability. The NAO has forecast that the F-35 programme will cost £71bn, almost 4x the MoD's initial estimates. Our report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-...