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 Oct 2015 Ministry of Defence Major Projects Report 2015 and the Equipment Plan 2015 to 2025

21 Oct 2015 Department of Health and Social Care The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS: progress review

16 Oct 2015 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Confirmed impacts: Helping the Parliament of Morocco create a Committee for Public Accounts

16 Oct 2015 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Confirmed impacts: Achieving value for money for the sale of government shares

16 Oct 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Confirmed impacts: Helping the Department of Health to improve its accounting processes

16 Oct 2015 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Confirmed impacts: Malaysian peer review highly praised

16 Oct 2015 NAO Impacts from our work, 2014

16 Oct 2015 NAO Confirmed impacts: New UN resolution achieved with NAO support

16 Oct 2015 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Confirmed impacts: Improving the British Council’s financial management

16 Oct 2015 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Confirmed impacts: Helping Defra to better manage its facilities contract

15 Oct 2015 Cabinet Office Confirmed impacts: Greater accountability around the use of public funds by local bodies

15 Oct 2015 Cabinet Office Confirmed impacts: Helping to improve strategic management of debt owed to government

15 Oct 2015 NAO Confirmed impacts: Earlier certification of the Home Office resource accounts

15 Oct 2015 Cabinet Office Confirmed impacts: Helping to ensure an effective strategic centre of government

15 Oct 2015 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Confirmed impacts: Improving access to finance for SMEs

15 Oct 2015 Department for Work and Pensions Confirmed impacts: Improving data quality and records retention of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme

15 Oct 2015 Department for Education Confirmed impacts: Providing clarity over the arrangements for oversight and funding of alternative higher education providers

15 Oct 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Confirmed impacts: Helping to improve accountability in the health system

15 Oct 2015 HM Revenue and Customs Confirmed impacts: Encouraging the effective management of tax reliefs

15 Oct 2015 Ministry of Justice Confirmed impacts: Improving Confiscation Orders

15 Oct 2015 Department for Education Confirmed impacts: Delivering better careers advice for young people

15 Oct 2015 Cabinet Office Confirmed impacts: Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of grant spending

15 Oct 2015 Cabinet Office Confirmed impacts: Investigating potential conflicts of interest in procurement

15 Oct 2015 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Confirmed impacts: Managing reductions in local authority government funding

15 Oct 2015 Department for Education Confirmed impacts: Driving a customer service focus at the Education Funding Agency

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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