Value for Money

Environment Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

Published 19 November 2024 5 recommendations nao.org.uk

Recommendations (5)

Source: NAO Recommendations Tracker
5
Accepted
4
Implemented
4
NAO Confirmed
Environment Agency
Rec 1 Accepted No Longer Relevant
completing the drive towards a more stable, accurate and complete asset management dataset with data update reliably embedded in business as usual processes for asset management
Page 103, para 14, 1st bullet
Environment Agency
Rec 2 Accepted Implemented
continuing the Environment Agency?s rolling valuation programme for land and buildings, building in recent learnings and ensuring that reliable records are kept of the 5-year rolling programme
Page 103, para 14, 2nd bullet Q2 2025-26
Environment Agency
Rec 3 Accepted Implemented
refining processes for project spend classification to ensure that appropriate judgments and accounting processes are put in place in a manner closely aligned with broader project management practice
Page 103, para 14, 3rd bullet Q2 2025-26
Environment Agency
Rec 4 Accepted Implemented
looking for opportunities to streamline and simplify policies and procedures where appropriate, where complexity is a barrier to sustainable improvement
Page 103, para 14, 4th bullet Q2 2025-26
Environment Agency
Rec 5 Accepted Implemented
maintaining the environment ? through appropriate resourcing and training, and broader leadership which promotes good data quality and continuous improvement ? for improvements in financial management to be sustained over the long-term
Page 104, 1st bullet Q2 2025-26