Procurement of the M25 private finance contract

 

REPORT BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND

AUDITOR GENERAL

HC 566
SESSION 2010-2 011

19 NOVEMBER 2010

 

 





Highways Agency

Procurement of the


M25 private finance contract

 



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.

 

 






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 National Audit Office which employs some 900 staff. He and the National Audit Office 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 leads to savings and other efficiency gains worth many millions of pounds: £890 million in 2009-10.

 



Ordered by the House of Commons
to be printed on 18 November 2010

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General
HC 566 Session 2010-2011
19 November 2010

London: The Stationery Office £14.75

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

17 November 2010

 

This report focuses on the Agency's decision-making, to assess whether it has procured a value for money solution to congestion and poor journey time reliability on the M25.

 






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The National Audit Office study team consisted of:

Katherine Gardiner, Manuel Llorca, Colin Ratcliffe and Mark Wynniatt under the direction of David Finlay

This report can be found on the National Audit Office website at www.nao.org.uk/M25-2010

 

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