Implementing transparency

REPORT BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND
AUDITOR GENERAL

HC 1833
SESSION 2010-2012

18 APRIL 2012










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Cross-government review

Implementing transparency

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 16 April 2012

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General
HC 1833 Session 2010-2012
18 April 2012

London: The Stationery Office
£16.00

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

13 April 2012

Successive governments have promoted
transparency by developing legislation and
routinely releasing more information to the
public. The transparency agenda is a pledge by
the Coalition Government to make government
more open.


















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The National Audit Office study team
consisted of:

Anthony Byrtus, Milly Cottam,
Rory Crew, Daniel Lambauer,
Mohit Parmar, Andrew Sharman
and Nigel Terrington, under the
direction of Nick Sloan.

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National Audit Office website at
www.nao.org.uk/transparency-2012

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