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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5 Feb 2016 Department of Health and Social Care Managing the supply of NHS clinical staff in England

29 Jan 2016 Ministry of Justice Investigation into Just Solutions International

28 Jan 2016 Ministry of Justice 2014-15 Accounts of the Office of Legal Complaints

21 Jan 2016 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Responding to crises

13 Jan 2016 Cabinet Office Use of consultants and temporary staff

12 Jan 2016 Department for Work and Pensions Local welfare provision

8 Jan 2016 Department of Health and Social Care Contracted-out health and disability assessments

17 Dec 2015 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the 2014-15 Accounts of the British Council

17 Dec 2015 Department for Work and Pensions Client Funds Account – Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes 2014-15

17 Dec 2015 Ministry of Defence Defence Equipment and Support 2014-15 financial statements

17 Dec 2015 HM Revenue and Customs Tackling tax fraud: how HMRC responds to tax evasion, the hidden economy and criminal attacks

16 Dec 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Sustainability and financial performance of acute hospital trusts

15 Dec 2015 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Trends in total UK Official Development Assistance and the Department for International Development’s expenditure

10 Dec 2015 Cabinet Office Companies in Government

3 Dec 2015 Home Office E-borders and successor programmes

2 Dec 2015 Cabinet Office The digital skills gap in government: Survey findings

1 Dec 2015 NAO Early review of the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme

27 Nov 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Stocktake of access to general practice in England

26 Nov 2015 Devolved administrations The administration of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax 2014-15

24 Nov 2015 Department for Transport Reform of the rail franchising programme

6 Nov 2015 Department for Transport The sale of Eurostar

5 Nov 2015 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Financial sustainability of fire and rescue services

5 Nov 2015 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Impact of funding reductions on fire and rescue services

4 Nov 2015 Department for Work and Pensions Automatic enrolment to workplace pensions

29 Oct 2015 Cabinet Office Investigation: the government’s funding of Kids Company

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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