Effective road and traffic management – a briefing for the Transport Select...
The analysis focuses on the motorway and trunk road network in line with the NAO’s remit of examining central Government expenditure and delivery. We have not updated the information contained in the...
View ArticleDepartment of Transport Accounts 2010-11
The NAO has published its report on the 2010-11 accounts of the Department of Transport.July 2011
View ArticleDepartmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for...
This Departmental Overview is one of 17 we have produced covering our work on each major government department. It summarises our work on the Department for Transport during 2010-2011.
View ArticleOverviews of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Driving Standards...
Each briefing takes as its basis the Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11, drawing in particular upon the work of the NAO and incorporating material from other published sources where relevant....
View ArticleReducing costs in the Department for Transport
The National Audit Office has commended the Department for Transport for starting its preparations for the 2010 spending review early and taking steps to improve and challenge the evidence on which it...
View ArticleThe completion and sale of High Speed 1
The National Audit Office has today published a report on the construction and sale of the high speed railway line linking the Channel Tunnel with central London. The High Speed 1 project has...
View ArticleReview of the data systems for the Department for Transport
The purpose and scope of this review Our examination of the data systems used to report performance for this department involved a detailed review of the processes and controls governing: the...
View ArticleDepartmental Overview: A summary of the NAO’s work on the Department for...
This guide is designed to provide a quick and accessible overview of the Department and focus in particular on where we believe the Department’s performance could be improved, using examples from our...
View ArticleFunding for local transport: an overview
The National Audit Office has today published a report identifying issues and risks which may arise as the Department for Transport devolves more control over funding and delivery of transport...
View ArticleLessons from cancelling the InterCity West Coast franchise competition
The Department for Transport competition to let the Intercity West Coast franchise lacked management oversight and the governance of the project was confused, according to the National Audit Office....
View ArticleHigh Speed 2: A review of early programme preparation
In an early examination of progress by the Department for Transport in planning for the High Speed 2 rail network, the National Audit Office has expressed reservations about the Department’s business...
View ArticleProgress in delivering the Thameslink programme
The Department for Transport has done well so far to contain the infrastructure costs for the Thameslink Programme within the original budget, according to an examination of the progress being made to...
View Article2012-13 review of the data systems for the Department for Transport
The purpose and scope of this review Our examination of the data systems used to report performance for this department involved a detailed review of the processes and controls governing: the...
View ArticleDepartmental Overview: The performance of the Department for Transport 2012-13
This guide is designed to provide a quick and accessible overview of the Department and focus in particular on where we believe the Department’s performance could be improved, using examples from our...
View ArticleCrossrail
Taxpayers’ interest in the Crossrail programme has so far been well protected, according to the National Audit Office. If progress in providing the new rail service for London and the South-East can be...
View ArticleMaintaining strategic infrastructure: roads
Funding pressures on highways authorities have encouraged efficiency and innovation in how budgets for road maintenance are spent, but public value will be lost unless funding becomes more predictable,...
View ArticleProcuring new trains
The Department for Transport signed contracts for two large procurements of rolling stock – for Thameslink and Intercity Express – in line with broad objectives. These include reducing the long-term...
View ArticleDepartmental Overview: The performance of the Department for Transport 2013-14
This guide is designed to provide a quick and accessible overview of the Department and focus in particular on where we believe the Department’s performance could be improved, using examples from our...
View ArticleLessons from major rail infrastructure programmes
A National Audit Office review today of five major rail projects* sponsored by the Department for Transport since 1998 highlights 11 lessons it should apply to its current and future rail programmes....
View ArticleCrossrail
Taxpayers’ interest in the Crossrail programme has so far been well protected, according to the National Audit Office. If progress in providing the new rail service for London and the South-East can be...
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