Catalogue description National Audit Office (previously Exchequer and Audit Department): Units A, B, C, D and E Audit Policy: Red (policy) files

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Title: National Audit Office (previously Exchequer and Audit Department): Units A, B, C, D and E Audit Policy: Red (policy) files
Description:

The records of the Red (Policy) prefix concern the corporate policy on audit matters covering the business areas of the National Audit Office Units A, B, C, D and E and their successors. They comprise a continuation of the White (Policy) AG prefix files which ran from 1977 to 1990.
Date: 1979-1997
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in file prefix and chronological order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

National Audit Office, 1984-
Physical description: 36 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2018 National Audit Office
Custodial history: The records were created and stored in the National Audit Office headquarters in 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W 9SP.
Accumulation dates: 1990 to 1997
Selection and destruction information: RCP 3.1.1 - Records that illustrate the government's role in the management of the UK economy – particularly records that illustrate the government's role in the management of the UK economy. Also, OSP12 - Records of the central direction and oversight of government policy and programmes, 1970 – 2000.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The National Audit Office (NAO) was created by the National Audit Act 1983 when it replaced the Exchequer and Audit Department on government audit functions and services. From 1990, the NAO was arranged into five business units A to E (inclusive). It is likely that the Red (Policy) prefix was created by the Corporate Policy Team (part of Unit A) for the remaining business units to contribute and document their expertise to. The business units were as follows:

Unit A: Corporate Policy; Executive Agencies; NAO Finance and Control; NAO Human Resource Policy; Certification and Statistics Unit.

Unit B: Agriculture; Home Affairs and Courts; Revenue; Environment and Transport; Unit Resources.

Unit C: Employment; Health; Scotland; Social Services; Unit Resources.

Unit D: Asset Management; Human Resources; Overseas Services; International; Privatisation and Regulatory Activities; Unit Resources.

Unit E: Defence; Education; Energy, Department of Trade and Industry, Wales; Unit Resources.

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