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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30 Mar 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the management of PPE contracts

25 Mar 2022 Home Office The Police Uplift Programme — 6 recommendations

24 Mar 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the government’s contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd

18 Mar 2022 Cabinet Office Investigation into the British Steel pension scheme

11 Mar 2022 Ministry of Defence The Ajax programme — 5 recommendations

9 Mar 2022 Department for Education Regulating the financial sustainability of higher education providers in England — 7 recommendations

4 Mar 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Planting Trees in England — 7 recommendations

3 Mar 2022 Department for Work and Pensions Child Maintenance — 7 recommendations

28 Feb 2022 Home Office Interactive map of the criminal justice system

25 Feb 2022 Department of Health and Social Care The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in England — 6 recommendations

21 Feb 2022 Ministry of Defence The Equipment Plan 2021 to 2031 — 7 recommendations

10 Feb 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Investigation into the implementation of IR35 tax reforms — 6 recommendations

2 Feb 2022 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Supporting local economic growth — 8 recommendations

31 Jan 2022 Department of Health and Social Care The Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts 2020-2021

28 Jan 2022 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy The decommissioning of the AGR nuclear power stations — 6 recommendations

27 Jan 2022 HM Treasury Financial modelling in government — 13 recommendations

21 Jan 2022 NAO Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster: Progress update — 1 recommendation

21 Jan 2022 Devolved administrations Administration of Welsh rates of income tax 2020-21

20 Jan 2022 Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21

19 Jan 2022 Ministry of Justice Improving outcomes for women in the criminal justice system — 8 recommendations

14 Jan 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Administration of Scottish Income tax 2020-21

17 Dec 2021 Unknown (358) BBC savings and reform — 4 recommendations

17 Dec 2021 Department for Work and Pensions Child Maintenance Client Funds Accounts 2020-21

17 Dec 2021 NAO Child Maintenance Client Funds Accounts 2020-21: 1993 and 2003 Schemes Account — 3 recommendations

10 Dec 2021 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Regulation of private renting — 8 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