Source · Recommendations & oversight

National Audit Office

2,796 reports 2,007 recommendations 1,697 with PAC follow-up 59% implementation rate

NAO value-for-money reports examining the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of government spending. Recommendations are tracked against government responses and, where a PAC hearing followed, linked to the committee's own recommendations and Treasury Minute responses.

Recent reports

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14 Dec 2022 Department for Culture, Media & Sport A digital BBC — 4 recommendations

9 Dec 2022 Home Office Investigation into the performance of HM Passport Office

6 Dec 2022 NAO Modernising ageing digital services — 6 recommendations

6 Dec 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Modernising Defra’s ageing digital services

2 Dec 2022 Department for Work and Pensions The Restart scheme for long‑term unemployed people — 9 recommendations

1 Dec 2022 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Investigation into the UNBOXED festival — 3 recommendations

30 Nov 2022 Cabinet Office Government Shared Services — 11 recommendations

29 Nov 2022 Ministry of Defence The Equipment Plan 2022 to 2032 — 2 recommendations

25 Nov 2022 Department for Transport Road enhancements: progress with the second road investment strategy (2020 to 2025) — 8 recommendations

23 Nov 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Investigation into the Digital Services Tax — 4 recommendations

17 Nov 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England — 6 recommendations

15 Nov 2022 Home Office Progress combatting fraud — 4 recommendations

11 Nov 2022 Department for Education Support for vulnerable adolescents — 4 recommendations

4 Nov 2022 Department for Transport Investigation into the management of backlogs in driving licence applications

28 Oct 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs annual report and accounts 2021-22 — 2 recommendations

21 Oct 2022 NAO Environment Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 — 2 recommendations

21 Oct 2022 Cross-government Leadership development in the civil service

19 Oct 2022 Ministry of Defence The Digital Strategy for Defence: A review of early implementation — 5 recommendations

14 Oct 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Integrated Care Systems Visualisation

14 Oct 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Introducing Integrated Care Systems: joining up local services to improve health outcomes — 5 recommendations

13 Oct 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Delivery of employment support schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — 11 recommendations

23 Sep 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Overseas Superannuation Accounts 2021-22

8 Sep 2022 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015 — 8 recommendations

20 Jul 2022 Department for Transport The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme — 5 recommendations

19 Jul 2022 Department for Transport Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Annual Report & Accounts 2021-22 — 3 recommendations

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Response breakdown across all NAO recommendations

2,007 recommendations tracked

Status	Recommendations	Share
Implemented	1,186	59%
Accepted	1,554	77%
Partially accepted	186	9%
Work in progress	479	24%
Rejected	39	2%
Confirmed by NAO follow-up	1,697	85%
Methodology: status determined from departmental responses, Treasury Minute responses, PAC follow-up hearings, and NAO own progress tracking.

Top recipients of NAO recommendations

Departments named in NAO reports · all years

Department of Health and Social Care — 125 reports HM Treasury — 94 reports Cabinet Office — 87 reports Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy — 81 reports Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — 74 reports HM Revenue and Customs — 73 reports Department for Work and Pensions — 64 reports Ministry of Defence — 62 reports Department for Education — 62 reports Department for Transport — 59 reports Devolved administrations — 56 reports Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs — 54 reports Home Office — 52 reports Ministry of Justice — 38 reports Department for Culture, Media & Sport — 29 reports