| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom, National Audit Office |
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| Publisher | GOV.UK |
| Series Title | Policy Paper |
| Series Details | November 2017 |
| Publication Date | November 2017 |
| Content Type | Report |
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The United Kingdom's National Audit Office published in November 2017 a briefing describing how the centre of government was overseeing and taking forward implementation of the UK’s exit from the European Union. The briefing focused in particular on the coordination role of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU). The briefing described the following: + The scale of the task. The NAO set out the range of matters departments needed to consider to deliver Exit and the work streams they had identified. + Who does what across government. The NAO set out the responsibilities of DExEU and the range of government bodies involved in Exit. + How DExEU had set out the task. The NAO set out DExEU’s approach to supporting implementation of Exit and how it was monitoring departments’ progress. Note: The NAO issued further related Briefings in November 2017-January 2018: + Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union: The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, November 2017 + Implementing the UK’s exit from the European Union: Infrastructure and Projects Authority, November 2017 + Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union: The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, December 2017. + Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union – People and skills: The role of the centre of government, December 2017 + Implementing the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Department for International Trade, January 2018. Background The National Audit Office in the United Kingdom scrutinises public spending for the UK Parliament and is independent of government. The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), Sir Amyas Morse KCB, is an Officer of the House of Commons and leads the NAO, which employs some 785 people. The C&AG certifies the accounts of all government departments and many other public sector bodies. He has statutory authority to examine and report to Parliament on whether departments and the bodies they fund have used their resources efficiently, effectively, and with economy. Its studies evaluate the value for money of public spending, nationally and locally. Its recommendations and reports on good practice help government improve public services. Its work led to audited savings of £734 million in 2016. In July 2017 the Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office, Amyas Morse had given an interview to selected journalists, in which he expressed concern that the United Kingdom government had failed to take a unified approach to talks with the EU. He suggested that the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU), the Treasury and the cabinet office had so far failed to take an 'energetic' lead, leaving other departments to set their own priorities. Morse said he had suggested to relevant ministers and officials that he would like to see a cross-departmental plan on Brexit implementation. This had not yet been forthcoming. |
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| Source Link | https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Implementing-the-UKs-exit-from-the-European-Union.pdf |
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| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
