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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28 Oct 2016 Department of Health and Social Care Recovering the cost of NHS treatment for overseas visitors

26 Oct 2016 Department for Education Investigation: The Department for Education’s management of a potential conflict of interest

24 Oct 2016 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Progress on the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme

18 Oct 2016 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Controlling the consumer-funded costs of energy policies: The Levy Control Framework

18 Oct 2016 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Troubled Families programme: update

12 Oct 2016 Department for Education Children in need of help or protection

11 Oct 2016 Department for Transport Investigation: The Department for Transport’s funding of the Garden Bridge

15 Sep 2016 Home Office Upgrading emergency service communications: the Emergency Services Network

14 Sep 2016 Cabinet Office Protecting information across government

13 Sep 2016 Home Office The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement programme

7 Sep 2016 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Local public service reform

6 Sep 2016 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Delivering value through the apprenticeships programme

29 Jul 2016 Home Office The work of the National Audit Office in the police and fire sectors

21 Jul 2016 HM Treasury Spending Review 2015

21 Jul 2016 Department of Health and Social Care Reports on Department of Health, NHS England and NHS Foundation Trusts’ consolidated accounts 2015-16

21 Jul 2016 Cabinet Office Government’s management of its performance: progress with single departmental plans

20 Jul 2016 NAO Local authority capital expenditure and resourcing

20 Jul 2016 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Sustainability in the spending review

19 Jul 2016 NAO The £13 billion sale of former Northern Rock assets

15 Jul 2016 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency Accounts 2015-16

15 Jul 2016 Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence 2015-16 accounts

14 Jul 2016 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

14 Jul 2016 Unknown (358) BBC Television Licence Fee Trust Statement for the year ending 31 March 2016 – audit report of the C&AG

14 Jul 2016 HM Revenue and Customs Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16

13 Jul 2016 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Nuclear power in the UK

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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