National Audit Office Archives

Condition of school buildings and DfE sustainability overview

|Date: 29 June, 2023

Condition of school buildings and DfE sustainability overview

Around 700,000 children in England are studying in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment, w ...

Around 700,000 children in England are studying in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment, which can negatively impact pupil attainment and teacher retention, a new National Audit Office ...

29 June, 2023
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National Audit Office report: The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015

|Date: 8 September, 2022

National Audit Office report: The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) forecasts that it will spend £20.7bn o ...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) forecasts that it will spend £20.7bn on new grant funded homes through three rounds of the Affordable Homes Programme between 2015 an ...

8 September, 2022
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Mayors and local leaders sign pledge to meet WHO air pollution targets a decade ahead of the UK Government

|Date: 17 June, 2022

Mayors and local leaders sign pledge to meet WHO air pollution targets a decade ahead of the UK Government

Cross-party mayors and local leaders from across the UK are today sending a joint letter to the Governmen ...

Cross-party mayors and local leaders from across the UK are today sending a joint letter to the Government pledging to meet World Health Organisation (WHO) targets on deadly air pollution by 2030, a d ...

17 June, 2022
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Local government and net zero in England report released

|Date: 16 July, 2021

Local government and net zero in England report released

New report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that central government has not provided local auth ...

New report from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that central government has not provided local authorities with clarity about their roles in achieving net zero by 2050, and its approach to fundi ...

16 July, 2021
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Investigation into the housing of rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic

|Date: 14 January, 2021

Investigation into the housing of rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic

The National Audit Office (NAO) reports that through its 'Everyone In' campaign, the Ministry of Communit ...

The National Audit Office (NAO) reports that through its 'Everyone In' campaign, the Ministry of Communities, Housing and Local Government swiftly provided emergency housing for rough sleepers during ...

14 January, 2021
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National Audit Office report calls for significant planning reform

|Date: 8 February, 2019

National Audit Office report calls for significant planning reform

Government will fail to solve the housing crisis unless radical changes are made to the planning process. ...

Government will fail to solve the housing crisis unless radical changes are made to the planning process. The National Audit Office has released a new report — Planning for new homes — which asserts g ...

8 February, 2019
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