Source · Recommendations & oversight

National Audit Office

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.

2,824 reports 2,175 recommendations 1,827 confirmed by NAO 61% implementation rate

Reports

2,824 matching reports · newest published first

Child Maintenance Client Funds Accounts 2020-21

Published 17 Dec 2021 Financial Audit No recommendations indexed

Department for Work and Pensions

The C&AG has qualified his audit opinions on the 1993 and 2003 Child Maintenance Schemes Client Funds Account.

Regulation of private renting

Published 10 Dec 2021 Value for Money 8 recommendations indexed

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

This report examines the extent to which the regulation of private renting supports DLUHC’s aim to ensure fairness for renters.

Progress with trade negotiations

Published 8 Dec 2021 Value for Money 7 recommendations indexed

Department for Business & Trade

This report examines government’s progress with its programme of trade negotiations since the UK’s departure from the EU.

The Bounce Back Loan Scheme: an update

Published 3 Dec 2021 Value for Money 7 recommendations indexed

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

This report provides an update on the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.

Evaluating government spending

Published 2 Dec 2021 Value for Money 11 recommendations indexed

Cabinet Office · HM Treasury

This report examines government’s progress in developing the provision and use of evaluation evidence across government.

NHS backlogs and waiting times in England

Published 1 Dec 2021 Value for Money No recommendations indexed

Department of Health and Social Care

This report looks at backlogs and waiting times for elective and cancer care in the NHS in England.

Employment support: The Kickstart Scheme

Published 26 Nov 2021 Value for Money 19 recommendations indexed

Department for Work and Pensions

This report examines how well DWP’s Kickstart scheme was implemented, and whether it is having the intended positive impact.

Managing tax debt through the pandemic

Published 17 Nov 2021 Value for Money 12 recommendations indexed

HM Revenue and Customs

This report considers how well HMRC has managed tax debt through the pandemic.

The UK border – Post UK-EU transition period

Published 5 Nov 2021 Value for Money No recommendations indexed

Cabinet Office · Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · HM Revenue and Customs · Home Office

This report examines the government’s progress in managing the border and implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol since the end of the transition period.

HM Revenue & Customs 2020-21 Accounts

Published 4 Nov 2021 Financial Audit No recommendations indexed

HM Revenue and Customs

Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office, has reported on the 2020-21 accounts of HM Revenue & Customs.

Investigation into supply chain finance in the NHS

Published 29 Oct 2021 Value for Money No recommendations indexed

Department of Health and Social Care

This investigation examines Greensill Capital’s involvement in the provision of two schemes to the NHS.

Reducing the backlog in criminal courts

Published 22 Oct 2021 Value for Money 9 recommendations indexed

Ministry of Justice

This report assesses the government’s plans for, and progress, in reducing the backlog in criminal courts.

Investigation into underpayment of State Pension

Published 22 Sep 2021 Value for Money 8 recommendations indexed

Department for Work and Pensions

Report examining the underpayment of state pension, setting out how this happened and what DWP is doing to rectify this.

Response and delivery evidence

2,175 recommendations tracked

Across the NAO recommendation corpus. Response, implementation and NAO confirmation are separate measures; the categories below overlap.

Status Recommendations Share
Implemented 1,320 61%
Accepted 1,718 79%
Partially accepted 200 9%
Work in progress 503 23%
Rejected 41 2%
Confirmed by NAO follow-up 1,827 84%
Methodology: status determined from departmental responses, Treasury Minute responses, PAC follow-up hearings, and NAO own progress tracking.

Departments named in NAO reports

Departments named in NAO reports · all years
Department of Health and Social Care (126 reports) HM Treasury (95 reports) Cabinet Office (88 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) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (56 reports) Devolved administrations (56 reports) Home Office (53 reports) Ministry of Justice (39 reports) Department for Culture, Media & Sport (30 reports)