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 Jan 2017 Department of Health and Social Care Improving patient access to general practice

10 Jan 2017 HM Revenue and Customs Managing the HMRC Estate

4 Jan 2017 NAO Housing in England overview

20 Dec 2016 Department for Education The Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Department for Education’s financial statements 2015-16

19 Dec 2016 HM Revenue and Customs The administration of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax 2015-16

16 Dec 2016 Department for Work and Pensions Client Funds Account – Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes 2015-16

15 Dec 2016 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Protecting consumers from scams, unfair trading and unsafe goods

14 Dec 2016 Department for Education Financial sustainability of schools

14 Dec 2016 NAO Citizens Advice Bureau consumer service cases

13 Dec 2016 Cabinet Office Crown Commercial Service

2 Dec 2016 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Local Enterprise Partnerships: census findings

28 Nov 2016 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Department for International Development: investing through CDC

22 Nov 2016 Department of Health and Social Care NHS financial management and sustainability 2016

15 Nov 2016 Ministry of Defence Delivering the defence estate

9 Nov 2016 Ministry of Defence Defence Equipment and Support 2015-16 financial statements

9 Nov 2016 Department for Transport Modernising the Great Western railway

9 Nov 2016 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Overview: Local government

3 Nov 2016 Department for Work and Pensions Introduction of the new state pension

1 Nov 2016 HM Revenue and Customs HMRC’s approach to collecting tax from high net worth individuals

28 Oct 2016 Department of Health and Social Care Recovering the cost of NHS treatment for overseas visitors

26 Oct 2016 Department for Education Investigation: The Department for Education’s management of a potential conflict of interest

24 Oct 2016 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Progress on the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme

18 Oct 2016 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Controlling the consumer-funded costs of energy policies: The Levy Control Framework

18 Oct 2016 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Troubled Families programme: update

12 Oct 2016 Department for Education Children in need of help or protection

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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