Overview of our performance

We have summarised whether our performance improved, declined, or was maintained for each group of our measures and targets. Although we completed most of the audits of large public organisations on time, the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on staff availability for public organisations and audit service providers affected the timely completion of audits.

Performance area	2022/23*	2021/22*
Outcome 1: Parliament and New Zealanders have trust and confidence in the public sector	Maintained	Maintained
Outcome 2: A high-performing public sector	No data	No data
Outcome 3: An accountable public sector	Maintained	Declined**

Performance area	2022/23*	2021/22*
Impact 1: Parliament provides effective scrutiny of the public sector	Maintained	Maintained
Impact 2: New Zealanders are better informed about the performance and accountability of the public sector	Maintained	Declined
Impact 3: The public sector improves its performance and accountability	Maintained	Improved

Performance area	Measurement	2022/23*	2021/22*
Service 1: Provide advice and support for effective parliamentary scrutiny	Timeliness	Maintained	Maintained
	Quality	Not assessed	Maintained
Service 2: Monitor spending against parliamentary appropriations (our Controller function)	Quantity	Maintained	Maintained
	Timeliness	Maintained	Maintained
Service 3: Audit information reported by public organisations about their performance	Quantity	Improved	Declined**
	Timeliness	Declined	Declined**
	Quality	Declined	Improved
Service 4: Carry out inquiries into matters of public interest	Quantity	Maintained	Declined
	Timeliness	Maintained	Improved
	Quality	Not assessed	Not assessed
Service 5: Assess public sector performance and	Quantity	Declined	Improved
	Timeliness	Declined	Declined
	Quality	Maintained	Improved

* These are judgements based on whether the results for most of the measures in this category improved, declined, or were maintained when compared to the previous year’s results.

** This result was affected by the auditing challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic.