€15.5 billion in government spending is 'not properly accounted for'
Dutch NewsSome €15.5 billion in government spending last year cannot be properly accounted for, amounting to a ‘worrying’ 5% of the total budget, the national audit office said on Wednesday. Last year, the government spent €33 billion on softening the impact of coronavirus, and this has only further exposed the shortcomings and weaknesses in controls on government spending, the audit office said. While the health ministry accounts have improved, they still show serious shortcomings, and €4 billion in spending is not properly accounted for, the office said. ‘But that has not been the case for the past three years, and the problem is only getting worse… I am not sure how to get across how serious this is.’ The national audit office always publishes its reports on government spending on the third Wednesday in May.
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