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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23 Mar 2026 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs The Nature for Climate Fund — 9 recommendations

18 Mar 2026 Cross-government Investigation into the Afghan resettlement schemes — 6 recommendations

9 Mar 2026 Department for Culture, Media & Sport The financial resilience of DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries — 7 recommendations

6 Mar 2026 Cabinet Office Update on government shared services — 2 recommendations

27 Feb 2026 HM Revenue and Customs Taxing large businesses — 6 recommendations

11 Feb 2026 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Unlocking land for housing — 6 recommendations

4 Feb 2026 Department of Health and Social Care The costs of tackling drug harms in prisons — 10 recommendations

30 Jan 2026 NAO The Ministry of Defence's management of its losses from fraud and other economic crime — 7 recommendations

21 Jan 2026 Department for Business & Trade Regulating for growth — 4 recommendations

16 Jan 2026 Department of Health and Social Care Update on the New Hospital Programme — 5 recommendations

9 Jan 2026 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Environmental regulation — 9 recommendations

17 Dec 2025 Department for Transport Investigation into car driving test waiting times — 4 recommendations

12 Dec 2025 NAO Bank of England’s Real-Time Gross Settlement System Renewal Programme — 4 recommendations

10 Dec 2025 Cross-government An analysis of the asylum system — 15 recommendations

5 Dec 2025 Department of Health and Social Care Primary and community healthcare support for people living with frailty — 7 recommendations

28 Nov 2025 Cross-government Implementation of climate-related reporting in central government annual reports — 3 recommendations

19 Nov 2025 Unknown (358) The BBC World Service’s savings programme — 4 recommendations

14 Nov 2025 HM Treasury National Savings & Investments’ Business Transformation Programme — 10 recommendations

3 Nov 2025 Home Office Police productivity — 13 recommendations

31 Oct 2025 Department for Education Home to school transport — 5 recommendations

24 Oct 2025 Ministry of Justice Building an effective and resilient Probation Service — 15 recommendations

22 Oct 2025 Department for Work and Pensions Tackling benefit overpayments due to fraud and error — 6 recommendations

17 Oct 2025 Department of Health and Social Care Costs of clinical negligence — 5 recommendations

14 Oct 2025 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation — 4 recommendations

15 Sep 2025 Cross-government Improving government’s productivity through better cost information — 5 recommendations

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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