Benchmarking and market testing the ongoing services component of PFI projects

The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn, is an Officer of the House of Commons. He is the head of the National Audit Office, which employs some 850 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 saves the taxpayer millions of pounds every year. At least £8 for every £1 spent running the Office.

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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.

John Bourn
Comptroller and Auditor General
National Audit Office
31 May 2007

The National Audit Office study team consisted of:

Mark Simpson, Mark Wynniatt, David Jackson, Hannah Payne, Michael Prest and Sean Clayton, under the direction of David Finlay

This report can be found on the National Audit Office web site at www.nao.org.uk

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REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL | HC 453 Session 2006-2007 | 6 June 2007