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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2 Feb 2024 Cabinet Office Non-executive appointments — 8 recommendations

31 Jan 2024 HM Revenue and Customs Tax measures to encourage economic growth — 10 recommendations

25 Jan 2024 Department of Health and Social Care Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23

24 Jan 2024 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero The government’s support for biomass — 4 recommendations

19 Jan 2024 Devolved administrations Administration of Scottish income tax 2022-23

19 Jan 2024 Devolved administrations Administration of Welsh rates of income tax 2022-23

18 Jan 2024 Department for Education Investigation into student finance for study at franchised higher education providers — 10 recommendations

12 Jan 2024 Department of Health and Social Care NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement — 7 recommendations

19 Dec 2023 Cross-government Investigation into whistleblowing in the civil service — 4 recommendations

13 Dec 2023 Department for Transport Investigation into the East West Rail project (Oxford – Cambridge) — 11 recommendations

8 Dec 2023 HM Treasury Financial services regulation: Adapting to change — 4 recommendations

6 Dec 2023 Cross-government Government resilience: extreme weather — 6 recommendations

4 Dec 2023 Ministry of Defence The Equipment Plan 2023 to 2033 — 2 recommendations

29 Nov 2023 Cabinet Office Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management — 5 recommendations

24 Nov 2023 Unknown (358) The BBC’s implementation of Across the UK — 5 recommendations

17 Nov 2023 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Levelling up funding to local government — 5 recommendations

15 Nov 2023 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Resilience to flooding — 9 recommendations

10 Nov 2023 Department of Health and Social Care Reforming adult social care in England — 6 recommendations

25 Oct 2023 NAO Environment Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 — 6 recommendations

25 Oct 2023 Cabinet Office Cabinet Office functional savings — 6 recommendations

20 Oct 2023 Cross-government Reducing the harm from illegal drugs — 6 recommendations

17 Oct 2023 Home Office Investigation into the Homes for Ukraine scheme

19 Sep 2023 Cabinet Office Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23

15 Sep 2023 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Approaches to achieving net zero across the UK

15 Sep 2023 Devolved administrations Sports Council for Northern Ireland Lottery Distribution Accounts 2015-16

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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