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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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1 Mar 2020 NAO Jobcentre journey time application

28 Feb 2020 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Gambling regulation: problem gambling and protecting vulnerable people — 7 recommendations

27 Feb 2020 Ministry of Defence The Equipment Plan 2019 to 2029 — 6 recommendations

26 Feb 2020 NAO Building Public Trust Awards – good practice in annual reports February 2020

14 Feb 2020 HM Revenue and Customs The management of tax expenditures — 10 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

7 Feb 2020 Ministry of Justice Improving the prison estate — 12 recommendations

5 Feb 2020 Department of Health and Social Care Review of capital expenditure in the NHS

5 Feb 2020 NAO NHS financial management and sustainability — 5 recommendations

5 Feb 2020 Department of Health and Social Care NHS financial management and sustainability 2020

30 Jan 2020 Department for Work and Pensions Child Maintenance Client Funds Account 2018-19

30 Jan 2020 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Electricity networks — 7 recommendations

30 Jan 2020 NAO Child Maintenance Clients Fund Account 2018-19 — 4 recommendations

28 Jan 2020 Cabinet Office EU Exit: the Get ready for Brexit campaign — 1 recommendation

24 Jan 2020 Department for Transport High Speed Two: A progress update — 9 recommendations

17 Jan 2020 Cabinet Office Investigation into the rescue of Carillion’s PFI hospital contracts

15 Jan 2020 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy British Business Bank — 7 recommendations

15 Jan 2020 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Business support schemes — 7 recommendations

10 Jan 2020 Ministry of Defence Managing infrastructure projects on nuclear-regulated sites — 6 recommendations

9 Jan 2020 Unknown (358) BBC Studios (2020)

8 Jan 2020 Devolved administrations Administration of Welsh income tax 2018-19

8 Jan 2020 Devolved administrations Administration of Scottish income tax 2018-19

5 Nov 2019 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Investigation into Starter Homes

30 Oct 2019 Department for Education Investigation into university technical colleges

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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