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Annual Reports and Accounts for Central Government Departments

This table references links to central government department's Annual Reports and Accounts for 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20 and 2018-19.

Documents

Guidance on annual reports and accounts

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Departments are required to prepare their accounts in accordance with a statutory timetable each year. The statutory deadline requires all accounts to be laid before the House of Commons by 31 January. More information on the annual reporting process can be found in the Guidance on annual reports and accounts page listed above.

23-24 22-23 21-22 20-21 19-20 18-19
Departments Date laid HC5 Date laid HC Date laid HC Date laid HC Date laid HC Date laid HC
Armed Forces Retired Pay, Pensions etc 41 20/07/23 1463 488 370 952 2403
Cabinet Office 475 19/09/23 1464 914 391 607 2384
Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation 481 366 935 948 1148 8
Charity Commission 42 10/07/23 1458 515 424 507 2318
Competition & Markets Authority 57 17/07/23 1460 366 433 567 2283
Crown Estate Office 72 28/06/23 1357 294 254 724 2284
Crown Prosecution Service 58 1461 487 430 558 2286
Department for Culture, Media and Sport 3 21/11/24 374 255 742 758 816 2387
Department for Education 59 18/07/23 1505 918 907 865 2388
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 314 26/10/23 1872 770 909 1016 2389
Department for Health and Social Care 476 33 1043 1053 1077 2344
Department for Business and Trade3 391 18/07/23 1477 501 431 409 2229
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 3 216 19/10/23 1796 771 808 709 2386
Department for Transport 61 20/07/23 1476 492 627 718 2392
Department for Work and Pensions 62 06/07/23 1455 193 422 401 2281
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 3 18/11/24 253 19/10/23 1796 771 808 709 2386
Food Standards Agency (Consolidated Accounts) 583 515 986 886 1015 2279
Food Standards Agency (Westminster Funded) 576 516 987 887 1014 2280
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 63 17/07/23 1465 493 660 553 2393
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Overseas Superannuation 412 25/01/24 421 683 661 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Forestry Commission 269 11/07/23 1353 373 280 797 2232
Government Actuary鈥檚 Department 300 16/11/23 99 775 389 508 2261
Government Legal (includes GLD, Attorney Generals Office, HMCPSI) 74 1320 188 210 359 2149
HM Land Registry 224 18/07/23 1456 446 458 582 2259
HM Revenue and Customs 47 17/07/23 1466 494 696 891 2394
HM Treasury 48 20/07/23 1467 495 436 746 2495
Home Office 184 1355 194 369 334 2193
Ministry of Defence 65 20/07/23 1468 500 629 811 2347
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government4 60 18/07/23 1478 491 392 929 2369
Ministry of Justice 276 13 772 788 711 2277
Ministry of Justice: Judicial Pensions Scheme 49 18/07/23 1469 867 692 540 2405
National Crime Agency 66 18/07/23 1479 502 483 602 2397
National Health Service Pension Scheme (England and Wales) 50 1470 375 525 1018 2406
National Savings and Investments 51 29/06/23 1352 314 322 436 2285
Northern Ireland Office 480 18/09/23 1490 315 255 808 52
Office for Standards in Education, Children鈥檚 Services and Skills 53 18/07/23 1480 447 435 505 2398
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 321 1471 489 432 480 2317
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation 27 19/07/23 1472 195 325 412 2175
Office of Rail and Road 52 19/07/23 1457 190 324 629 2231
Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme 565 433 516 537 551 2408
Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General 69 13/07/23 1634 560 423 610 2399
Serious Fraud Office 179 1473 503 578 634 2400
Teachers鈥� Pension Scheme (England and Wales) 70 1474 486 539 971 2407
The National Archives 71 18/07/23 1475 497 413 402 2401
The Security and Intelligence Agencies 28/11/24 313 19/09/23 1797 682 979 1017 2444
The Statistics Board /UK Statistics Authority 56 1462 365 434 554 2115
UK AEA Pension Scheme Accounts (BEIS) 43 17/10/23 1798 1019 390 238 2445
UK Export Finance 168 28/06/23 1354 191 400 473 2282
United Kingdom Supreme Court 256 11 499 310 721 2194
Wales Office 68 18/07/23 1459 295 323 566 2360
Water Services Regulation Authority 610 1356 196 267 410 2287
Department for International Development 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 517 2390
Department for International Development: Overseas Superannuation1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 785 2404
NIO Returning Officers鈥� Expenses2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 342 887 2483

1 In September 2020, the Department for International Development joined with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to form the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

2 In January 2022, the decision was made and approval given to consolidate the Northern Ireland Returning Officers鈥� Expenses Accounts into the Northern Ireland Office group accounts.

3 From 2023-24, The Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have merged to form the Department for Business and Trade (DBT),听 the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport was replaced by听the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) with the responsibilities for digital passing to DSIT. The responsibility and policy remits for these departments have changed. To maintain a level of comparability across reporting periods, the following groupings and re-classifications have been made for this annual report page from 2023-24: DBT formerly reported as DIT, DESNZ formerly reported as BEIS and DSIT new for 2023-24.

4 In July 2024, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) reverted to its former name, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

5 HC references to the House of Commons number for the annual report and account

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Updates to this page

Published 25 August 2021
Last updated 17 February 2025 show all updates
  1. Table has been updated with Annual Reports and Accounts.

  2. Departments that have now laid have been added to '23-24'

  3. List updated for 2023-24 Annual Reports and Accounts.

  4. Updated ARA links

  5. updated the GLD, OFGEM, statistic board and cps with a PDF link

  6. 2022/23 reports added

  7. First published.

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