Confiscation orders: progress review
The government’s administration of criminal confiscation orders has seen a greater focus on enforcing the orders, according to the NAO. Many of the fundamental weaknesses identified two years ago...
View ArticleTransforming Rehabilitation
Reforms by the Ministry of Justice to transform the rehabilitation of offenders have successfully restructured the probation landscape within ministerial timescales and without major disruption to...
View ArticleDepartments’ oversight of arm’s length bodies: a comparative study
There is no collective understanding of what type of oversight is appropriate and cost effective for different types of arm’s-length bodies, according to today’s report from the National Audit Office....
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The work of the National Audit Office in the police and fire sectors
Following the election of many new Police and Crime Commissioners earlier this year and the transfer of responsibility for fire and rescue services to the Home Office we have brought together recent...
View ArticleDepartmental Overview 2015-16: Home Office
This guide is designed to provide a quick and accessible overview of the Department and focuses in particular on where we believe the Department’s performance could be improved, using examples from our...
View ArticleInvestigation into the Parole Board
The National Audit Office has today published the findings from its investigation into the Parole Board (The Board). The Board is responsible for deciding whether prisoners can be safely released from...
View ArticleReport on the funding and governance of Broken Rainbow
This NAO report looks into the funding and oversight of the charity Broken Rainbow. Broken Rainbow provided support to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender victims and perpetrators of domestic...
View ArticleOnline Fraud
Fraud is the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales and most happens online. While the landscape for tackling online fraud is complex, the Home Office’s response is not proportionate to...
View ArticleMental health in prisons
Government¹ does not know how many people in prison have a mental illness, how much it is spending on mental health in prisons or whether it is achieving its objectives. It is therefore hard to see how...
View ArticleInvestigation into changes to Community Rehabilitation Company contracts
In June 2014, the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) introduced its Transforming Rehabilitation reforms to probation services by dissolving 35 self-governing probation trusts into a public sector...
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