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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22 Jul 2020 HM Revenue and Customs Tackling the tax gap — 5 recommendations

21 Jul 2020 HM Treasury Whole of Government Accounts 2018-19

21 Jul 2020 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Review of the Town Deals selection process

17 Jul 2020 Cabinet Office Specialist skills in the civil service — 13 recommendations

16 Jul 2020 Department for Transport Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20 — 5 recommendations

15 Jul 2020 Department for Business & Trade Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance: Support for exports — 6 recommendations

10 Jul 2020 Department for Work and Pensions Universal Credit: getting to first payment — 8 recommendations

3 Jul 2020 Home Office Asylum accommodation and support — 7 recommendations

30 Jun 2020 Department for Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions annual report and accounts 2019-20 — 5 recommendations

26 Jun 2020 Ministry of Defence Carrier Strike – Preparing for deployment — 5 recommendations

19 Jun 2020 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Investigation into remediating dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings

17 Jun 2020 Home Office Immigration enforcement — 8 recommendations

12 Jun 2020 Department of Health and Social Care Readying the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19

5 Jun 2020 Cabinet Office Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end — 7 recommendations

28 May 2020 NAO NAO Interactive Data Visualisation on PFI contract expiry – survey results

21 May 2020 Department for Culture, Media & Sport British Tourist Authority’s annual report and accounts 2018-19 (trading as VisitBritain & VisitEngland)

21 May 2020 Cabinet Office Overview of the UK government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

15 May 2020 Department of Health and Social Care Digital transformation in the NHS — 6 recommendations

13 May 2020 Ministry of Defence Environmental Sustainability Overview

29 Apr 2020 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Improving the lives of women and girls overseas — 6 recommendations

24 Apr 2020 NAO Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme — 21 recommendations

27 Mar 2020 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Investigation into maintenance of the museum estate

25 Mar 2020 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Water supply and demand management — 8 recommendations

25 Mar 2020 Department of Health and Social Care Dentistry in England

20 Mar 2020 Department for Work and Pensions Universal Credit advances fraud

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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