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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11 Jul 2022 HM Treasury Accounting Officer assessments: improving decision-making and transparency over government’s major programmes — 5 recommendations

8 Jul 2022 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Grassroots participation in sport and physical activity

8 Jul 2022 NAO Grassroots participation in sports and physical activity — 6 recommendations

7 Jul 2022 Department for Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2021-22

5 Jul 2022 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Investigation into the management of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre — 3 recommendations

1 Jul 2022 HM Treasury The Creation of the UK Infrastructure Bank — 7 recommendations

24 Jun 2022 Department for Education Evaluating innovation in children’s social care

22 Jun 2022 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy The energy supplier market — 7 recommendations

17 Jun 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Tackling local breaches of air quality — 10 recommendations

15 Jun 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Improving the UK’s science capability for managing animal diseases — 7 recommendations

10 Jun 2022 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Measuring and reporting public sector greenhouse gas emissions — 4 recommendations

8 Jun 2022 Ministry of Justice Electronic monitoring – a progress update — 11 recommendations

6 Jun 2022 HM Treasury Whole of Government Accounts 2019-20

18 May 2022 Unknown (355) Regulating after EU Exit — 10 recommendations

17 May 2022 NAO NHS Business Services Authority annual accounts 2019-20

28 Apr 2022 Ministry of Justice Children in custody: secure training centres and secure schools

27 Apr 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Investigation into government’s actions to combat waste crime in England — 5 recommendations

21 Apr 2022 Cabinet Office Managing cross-border travel during the COVID-19 pandemic — 6 recommendations

31 Mar 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Managing reductions in Official Development Assistance spending — 6 recommendations

30 Mar 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the management of PPE contracts

25 Mar 2022 Home Office The Police Uplift Programme — 6 recommendations

24 Mar 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the government’s contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd

18 Mar 2022 Cabinet Office Investigation into the British Steel pension scheme

11 Mar 2022 Ministry of Defence The Ajax programme — 5 recommendations

9 Mar 2022 Department for Education Regulating the financial sustainability of higher education providers in England — 7 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