Source · Recommendations & oversight

National Audit Office

2,815 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 2023 Department for Business & Trade COVID-19 business grant schemes — 10 recommendations

14 Mar 2023 HM Revenue and Customs Investigation into Child Trust Funds — 2 recommendations

10 Mar 2023 Cabinet Office Digital transformation in government: addressing the barriers to efficiency — 9 recommendations

8 Mar 2023 Home Office Progress with delivering the Emergency Services Network — 6 recommendations

3 Mar 2023 Cross-government Pensions transferred to AEA Technology when it was privatised

1 Mar 2023 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Decarbonising the power sector — 6 recommendations

23 Feb 2023 Ministry of Justice Progress on the courts and tribunals reform programme — 6 recommendations

21 Feb 2023 Department of Health and Social Care Alcohol treatment services

9 Feb 2023 Department of Health and Social Care Progress in improving mental health services in England — 5 recommendations

7 Feb 2023 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Energy bills support

1 Feb 2023 Department for Education Education recovery in schools in England — 5 recommendations

27 Jan 2023 Department for Business & Trade Supporting investment into the UK — 7 recommendations

26 Jan 2023 Department of Health and Social Care Department of Health and Social Care Annual report and accounts 2021-22

25 Jan 2023 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Progress update: Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England

19 Jan 2023 Devolved administrations Administration of Welsh rates of income tax 2021-22

18 Jan 2023 Cabinet Office Investigation into the performance of UK Security Vetting — 5 recommendations

12 Jan 2023 Devolved administrations Administration of Scottish income tax 2021-22

6 Jan 2023 NAO Child Maintenance Client Funds Account 2021-22 — 2 recommendations

16 Dec 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Managing tax compliance following the pandemic — 6 recommendations

14 Dec 2022 Department for Culture, Media & Sport A digital BBC — 4 recommendations

9 Dec 2022 Home Office Investigation into the performance of HM Passport Office

6 Dec 2022 NAO Modernising ageing digital services — 6 recommendations

6 Dec 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Modernising Defra’s ageing digital services

2 Dec 2022 Department for Work and Pensions The Restart scheme for long‑term unemployed people — 9 recommendations

1 Dec 2022 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Investigation into the UNBOXED festival — 3 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 — 95 reports Cabinet Office — 87 reports Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy — 81 reports Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — 76 reports HM Revenue and Customs — 74 reports Department for Work and Pensions — 66 reports Ministry of Defence — 63 reports Department for Education — 63 reports Department for Transport — 62 reports Devolved administrations — 56 reports Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs — 55 reports Home Office — 53 reports Ministry of Justice — 39 reports Department for Culture, Media & Sport — 30 reports