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NAO gets full access to BBC accounts

The National Audit Office (NAO) is to have full access to BBC accounts for the first time.

• From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Ed Vaizey
• Published: 22 September 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Until now, the BBC Trust  has had the final say in which value for money studies the NAO can conduct. The new arrangements will give the NAO the authority to determine which areas of BBC expenditure it wishes to scrutinise, and when.

We intend to implement these changes well before the deadline of November 2011 set in our Structural Reform Plan.

Further information

• Read the full press release

Published 22 September 2010