News - Central government budget and financial statements

1. First letter on the draft 2022 budget

   The government presented the draft 2022 budgets to the House of Representatives on Budget Day 

   News item | 30-09-2021 | 08:00

2. First Aid for Forecasts

   The Netherlands Court of Audit has developed a tool to help the House of Representatives better understand the forecasts made in ...

   News item | 29-09-2021 | 10:00

3. BES islands: poor insight into special purpose grants

   Parliament receives incomplete or inadequate information from the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) and the ...

   News item | 23-06-2021 | 17:30

4. Multiyear forecasts not up to date or correct

   The Netherlands Court of Audit concludes from an audit of five cases that multiyear forecasts in the ministries’ budgets are ...

   News item | 22-06-2021 | 17:30

5. COVID-19 pandemic putting democratic scrutiny under pressure

   Regularity at issue The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on both society and public finances. The government spent €29 billion ...

   News item | 19-05-2021 | 10:45

6. Recommendations in peer review of the Netherlands Court of Audit contribute to strategy for 2021-2025 and consultations with Parliament

   At the request of the Netherlands Court of Audit, the national audit offices of Sweden, the United Kingdom and Canada carried out ...

   News item | 25-01-2021 | 00:00

7. Audit request from the House of Representatives honoured

   The Netherlands Court of Audit has honoured a request from the House of Representatives to audit information security at the ...

   News item | 12-01-2021 | 00:00

8. Part of government expenditure on Covid-19 support deferred until 2021

   The government is expected to spend a total of €31.4 billion in 2020 on mitigating the consequences of the coronavirus crisis. ...

   News item | 10-12-2020 | 10:00

9. Netherlands Court of Audit to investigate the corona crisis

   The Netherlands Court of Audit is to investigate various aspects of the measures taken to overcome the corona crisis. It is ...

   News item | 08-06-2020 | 09:00

10. State’s 2019 acquisition of Air France-KLM shares was irregular

    The government acted irregularly by not informing parliament in advance of the State of the Netherlands’ acquisition of a 14% ...

    News item | 20-05-2020 | 10:30