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
15 May 2020
Department of Health and Social Care
Digital transformation in the NHS — 6 recommendations
29 Apr 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Improving the lives of women and girls overseas — 6 recommendations
27 Mar 2020
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Investigation into maintenance of the museum estate
25 Mar 2020
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Water supply and demand management — 8 recommendations
19 Mar 2020
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Investigation into government’s response to the collapse of Thomas Cook
18 Mar 2020
Ministry of Defence
Defence capabilities – delivering what was promised — 5 recommendations
13 Mar 2020
Department for Education
Supporting disadvantaged families through free early education and childcare entitlements in England — 5 recommendations
28 Feb 2020
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Gambling regulation: problem gambling and protecting vulnerable people — 7 recommendations
13 Feb 2020
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local authority investment in commercial property — 4 recommendations
7 Feb 2020
Department for Work and Pensions
Information held by the Department for Work & Pensions on deaths by suicide of benefit claimants
Response breakdown across all NAO recommendations
| 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
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