Internal Audit

Keep up-to-date with the latest Internal Audit news from Civil Service World

08 May Internal Audit

Home Office perm sec sets out plans to tackle compliance ‘weaknesses’

Antonia Romeo tells MPs multi-million-pound asylum-accommodation failings exposed need for “incentivised culture-change”

by CSW staff

01 May Internal Audit

‘Lessons being learned’ over GPA spending-control failings, MPs told

19 Feb Internal Audit

HMRC takes action on complaints after spike in referrals to adjudicator

12 Feb Internal Audit

Don't blame civil servants for Northern Ireland overspend, union says

22 Apr 2022 Internal Audit

Red light, green light: examining the government's progress on improving its performance

CSW assesses progress against key actions set out in the Declaration on Government Reform, and explores how volunteering can boost skills and support key priorities

10 Jan 2022 Internal Audit

Poor evaluation means government ‘not learning from failure’, NAO head warns

“Limited consequences” for failing to evaluate projects means too few public bodies are doing so, Gareth Davies says

03 Dec 2021 Internal Audit

Anti-fraud checks on Covid loans 'inadequate', watchdog finds

Most measures were introduced "too late" to stop fraud, with focus on prevention

22 Nov 2021 Internal Audit

'Miles away from conveying the necessary radicalism': Priority outcomes one year on

Martin Wheatley asks: how seriously should we take the Treasury’s renewed interest in what public spending achieves?

19 Nov 2021 Internal Audit

Government was not prepared enough for Covid pandemic, NAO finds

Lessons from previous simulation exercises "not fully implemented", watchdog says

02 Nov 2021 Internal Audit

'Unfair' to criticise sky-high spending on Covid schemes, Sunak says

Chancellor defends £37bn spent on test and trace scheme and cost of furlough fraud

29 Oct 2021 Internal Audit

Test and trace: shortage of digital and data skills cited as reliance on consultants persists

MPs claim scheme has proven "eye-wateringly expensive" and has not achieved its main objective

26 Oct 2021 Internal Audit

FCDO told to stop focusing on 'fast results' from climate change aid

MPs tell department to listen to local and marginalised communities when handling climate finance

01 Oct 2021 Internal Audit

Home Office, Foreign Office and MoJ declared 'least transparent departments'

Report underlines questions about whether ministers and their departments take their openness responsibilities seriously enough, IfG says

15 Sep 2021 Internal Audit

DfE rebuffs call for systematic review of Covid response

Department is focusing on ongoing improvements and government-wide public inquiry, perm sec Susan Acland-Hood says

23 Jul 2021 Internal Audit

‘Perm secs are remarkably immune from accountability for spending’: Maude calls for stronger functions to boost oversight

Delivering the benefits of spend controls requires "strong and capable central leadership" of functions, ex-minister's review finds

23 Jun 2021 Internal Audit

Centre of government ‘lacks proper data’ to monitor arm’s length bodies

National Audit Office warns department-level information deficit could impact Cabinet Office’s ability to drive efficiency and reform

15 Apr 2021 Internal Audit

Auditor sought to scrutinise work of MoJ

Government Internal Audit Agency offers up to £117,800 a year for the right candidate

05 Oct 2020 Internal Audit

Ministers admit it’s too early to know cost of merging FCO and DfID

Committee chair “astonished” government failed to consult stakeholders before announcing creation of FCDO

10 Jun 2020 Internal Audit

Public bodies may underestimate costs and complexity of ending PFI contracts – NAO

“Infrastructure could return to the public sector in an unsatisfactory condition and services could be disrupted,” watchdog warns