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Helping the nation spend wisely

Helping the nation spend wisely. Achieving impacts Ashley McDougall Director of Parliamentary Relations, National Audit Office. June 2013. The accountability cycle. The accountability cycle. Timing of the accountability cycle. 12-18 months later. 1-3 years. 6 weeks later.

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Helping the nation spend wisely

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  1. Helping the nation spend wisely

  2. Achieving impactsAshley McDougall Director of Parliamentary Relations, National Audit Office June 2013

  3. The accountability cycle

  4. The accountability cycle

  5. Timing of the accountability cycle 12-18 months later 1-3 years 6 weeks later 6 weeks later

  6. Follow-up • Committee actions • Willing to use the profile of PAC to push for change • Letters to Accounting Officers • Questions in future hearings • Recalling witnesses • National Audit Office actions • Advise Committee on quality of Departmental response (Strong/Adequate/Weak) • Address through other value for money studies • Work with Departmental Audit Committees • Target financial savings • HM Treasury • Very keen to simplify responses and speed-up replies

  7. Outcomes of follow-up work • Clearer lines of accountability • Improved information on performance • 82% of Committee recommendations accepted or partially accepted • NAO assessment that 67% of responses were Strong/Adequate and 33% Weak • Financial impacts of £1.2 billion in 2012, 17:1 ratio of NAO costs (target was £677million, 10:1 ratio of costs)

  8. The keys to achieving impacts • Quality and clarity of recommendations • Written commitments • Validation of commitments • Transparent follow-up • Target to incentivise measurement of impact

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