Reducing costs in the Department for Transport

REPORT BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND
AUDITOR GENERAL

HC 1700
SESSION 2010-2012

14 DECEMBER 2011

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Reducing costs in the Department for Transport

Our vision is to help the nation spend wisely.

We apply the unique perspective of public audit to help Parliament and government drive lasting improvement in public services.

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The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, is an Officer of the House of Commons. He is the head of the NAO, which employs some 880 staff. He and the NAO are totally independent of government. He certifies the accounts of all government departments and a wide range of other public sector bodies; and he has statutory authority to report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which departments and other bodies have used their resources. Our work led to savings and other efficiency gains worth more than £1 billion in 2010-11.

Ordered by the House of Commons
to be printed on 12 December 2011

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General
HC 1700 Session 2010-2012
14 December 2011

London: The Stationery Office
£15.50

This report has been
prepared under Section 6
of the National Audit Act
1983 for presentation to
the House of Commons
in accordance with
Section 9 of the Act.

Amyas Morse
Comptroller and
Auditor General

National Audit Office

8 December 2011

This report sets out the Department for Transport's cost reduction plans, how it identified and assessed cost reduction measures and its progress in implementing them.

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The National Audit Office study team
consisted of:

Robert Cook, Annie Ko, Eleanor Murray,
and John Powell under the direction of
Geraldine Barker

This report can be found on the
National Audit Office website at
www.nao.org.uk/reducing-dft-costs-2011

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