About GIAA

GIAA 2023 StatsWe are an executive agency of Her Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury), established in April 2015 to improve the quality of internal audit provided to central government.

Our people provide objective insight so that central government can achieve better value for money for the public – better insights, better outcomes.

We were established in 2015 as an executive agency of His Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury) to improve the quality of internal audit for central government.

We lead the government internal audit profession and function.

The majority of the Agency’s staff are professionally qualified internal auditors, accountants or counter fraud investigators. We also have internal audit teams specialising in programme and project management, digital services and commercial services.

Our workforce brings with it a unique depth of experience gained across a wide range of government departments and related bodies. Our services are provided by government for government, giving us the unrivalled access, trust and independence we need to provide insights to government.