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

Early education and childcare entitlements data visualisation

Published 29 Jul 2020 Interactive Visualisation No recommendations indexed

Department for Education

Last updated – 29 July 2020 Introduction to the topic Evidence has shown that high-quality early education and childcare can support children’s development and improve their outcomes. The Department for Education funds three entitlements to …

Tackling the tax gap

Published 22 Jul 2020 Value for Money 5 recommendations indexed

HM Revenue and Customs · HM Treasury

This report examines the effectiveness of HMRC’s approach, in partnership with HM Treasury, in reducing the tax gap.

Whole of Government Accounts 2018-19

Published 21 Jul 2020 Financial Audit No recommendations indexed

HM Treasury

Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Whole of Government Accounts 2018-2019.

Review of the Town Deals selection process

Published 21 Jul 2020 Value for Money No recommendations indexed

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

This report sets out the process by which MHCLG chose the 101 towns in England it invited to develop Town Deals.

Specialist skills in the civil service

Published 17 Jul 2020 Value for Money 13 recommendations indexed

Cabinet Office · Cross-government

This report examines the progress the government has made in developing specialist skills in the civil service.

Universal Credit: getting to first payment

Published 10 Jul 2020 Value for Money 8 recommendations indexed

Department for Work and Pensions

This report examines how the DWP is managing the process of getting to first payment in Universal Credit.

Asylum accommodation and support

Published 3 Jul 2020 Value for Money 7 recommendations indexed

Home Office

This report examines the government’s replacement of the COMPASS contracts for accommodation and support for asylum seekers.

Carrier Strike – Preparing for deployment

Published 26 Jun 2020 Value for Money 5 recommendations indexed

Ministry of Defence

This report examines the MoD’s management of the programme since 2017 and the risks towards achieving Carrier Strike’s full capabilities.

Immigration enforcement

Published 17 Jun 2020 Value for Money 8 recommendations indexed

Home Office

This report assesses whether the Home Office’s activities for enforcing immigration rules are achieving its vision.

Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end

Published 5 Jun 2020 Value for Money 7 recommendations indexed

Cabinet Office · HM Treasury

This report provides information on managing PFI contracts when they end and considers whether government is preparing for expiry appropriately.

Digital transformation in the NHS

Published 15 May 2020 Value for Money 6 recommendations indexed

Department of Health and Social Care

This report considers the readiness of the government to deliver its ambitions for digital transformation in the NHS in England.

Environmental Sustainability Overview

Published 13 May 2020 Value for Money No recommendations indexed

Ministry of Defence

This report examines how far the Ministry of Defence has embedded environmental sustainability in estate management, procurement, governance and policy-making.

Improving the lives of women and girls overseas

Published 29 Apr 2020 Value for Money 6 recommendations indexed

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

This report assesses whether DFID’s 2018 Strategic Vision for Gender Equality is well placed to secure value for money.

Investigation into maintenance of the museum estate

Published 27 Mar 2020 Value for Money No recommendations indexed

Department for Culture, Media & Sport · HM Treasury

This report sets out the facts about the maintenance of the museums and galleries sponsored by government.

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)