Recommendation 16

There are several factors that contribute to maximising the usability of the WGA for the public and other stakeholders. We discussed with the Treasury how creating successive sets of accounts which are presented in a consistent and comparable way enables users to analyse data and trends across several years. This is one of the most valuable functions of the WGA—which has provided the best available overview of UK public finances for the last 11 years—and so it is important that consistency of data presentation and usability are strictly considered.46