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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12 Mar 2025 Department for Business & Trade Supporting the UK’s priority industry sectors — 12 recommendations

28 Feb 2025 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Local government financial sustainability — 7 recommendations

26 Feb 2025 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Investigation into how government is addressing antimicrobial resistance — 6 recommendations

12 Feb 2025 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Realising the benefits of St Helena Airport: a progress update

10 Feb 2025 HM Revenue and Customs The administrative cost of the tax system — 10 recommendations

31 Jan 2025 Home Office Tackling violence against women and girls — 7 recommendations

30 Jan 2025 Department for Business & Trade Department for Business and Trade Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

29 Jan 2025 Cabinet Office Government cyber resilience — 7 recommendations

24 Jan 2025 Devolved administrations Administration of Welsh income tax 2023-24

22 Jan 2025 Cabinet Office Maintaining public service facilities — 11 recommendations

17 Jan 2025 Devolved administrations Administration of Scottish income tax 2023-24

16 Jan 2025 NAO Government's approach to technology suppliers: addressing the challenges — 8 recommendations

18 Dec 2024 Department for Culture, Media & Sport DCMS’s management of its COVID-19 loan book — 5 recommendations

17 Dec 2024 Department of Health and Social Care Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

13 Dec 2024 Department for Transport DVLA Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

13 Dec 2024 Department for Transport Public chargepoints for electric vehicles — 5 recommendations

11 Dec 2024 Department for Work and Pensions Carer’s Allowance

4 Dec 2024 Ministry of Justice Increasing the capacity of the prison estate to meet demand — 11 recommendations

27 Nov 2024 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the NHS dental recovery plan

26 Nov 2024 Cross-government Whole of Government Accounts 2022-23

22 Nov 2024 NAO Managing conflicts of interest — 3 recommendations

22 Nov 2024 Cabinet Office Managing conflicts of interest: value for money

20 Nov 2024 Unknown (358) BBC Studios — 10 recommendations

19 Nov 2024 NAO Environment Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 — 5 recommendations

15 Nov 2024 Home Office Investigation into the acquisition of the Northeye site for asylum accommodation

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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