Correspondence

DAO 06/26 Protection of the UK's National Security Through Public Procurement

‘Dear Accounting Officer’ letters provide advice on accountability, regularity, propriety, value for money and annual accounting exercises.

• From: HM Treasury
• Published: 19 June 2026

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Protection of the UK’s national security through public procurement

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This DAO provides supplementary guidance to the new National Security Procurement Guidance on protecting the UK’s national security through public procurement, and accounting officers should consider their value for money duties in the light of this.

Published 19 June 2026