National Audit Office (United Kingdom)

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National Audit Office

The National Audit Office's Head Office in Buckingham Palace Road, London, built originally as the Imperial Airways Empire Terminal
Independent Parliamentary body overview
Formed	1983
Preceding independent Parliamentary body	Exchequer and Audit Department[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Motto	Helping the nation spend wisely
Employees	796
Annual budget	£64.5m net budget 16–17
Independent Parliamentary body executive	Gareth Davies
Parent department	Public Accounts Commission
Website	nao.org.uk

The National Audit Office (NAO) is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies. The NAO also carries out value for money (VFM) audits into the administration of public policy.